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S'està carregant… Star Wars: Allegiance (edició 2007)de Timothy Zahn (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. A pretty compelling read, especially given the fact that it takes place but one year after the battle of Yavin. It features a character we've read about in the Thrawn atrilogy. Unsurprisingly, given the fact that it's written by Timothy Zahn. No doubt about it, this really has the OT feeling to it, but in book form this time. You also get Han, Luke, Leia, and of course Chewie. The title, being as it is, "allegiance" could be explained pretty easily, and I can summarize it thus, and with a single word. Stormtroopers! A bunch of stormtroopers learn about the way the empire really is and decide to desert. Well, I'll let you see what happens. Do they join the rebelion? Will they be executed? RAFO. You also get a few conspiracies, involving some local gangs of space pirates. And frankly, I quite enjoyed the scenes where the pirate conspiracy got untanggled. This is, after all, half of the book. I've appreciated the fact that, we got to see that stormtroopers are not the evil white bucketheads, which follow orders without questions or complaints, no matter how cruel or unjust those orders are. In fact, there are some stormtroopers who think and believe, or rather believed in what the empire was supposed to be, " Freedom, justice and security." As the saying goes. The rest will be for you to find out. I have always loved the Star Wars universe and especially the novels that were written about it. Timothy Zahn definitely writes my favorite books about it. His stories fit quite well within the framework of the existing Star Wars world while adding something new and extra to it. I like his writing style and characterizations a great deal. While not as great as his "Thrawn Trilogy" or as good as his "Hand of Thrawn" duology, I still find this an enjoyable book. Since the book is set between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back", it's kind of hard for the story or characters to develop too much. Han and Leia can't fall in love because they aren't at that point yet. Luke is still a budding Jedi instead of having powers. Most of the development needed to fall on the characters not seen in the movies. In this case five disillusioned storm troopers and a more capable than she probably should have been Mara Jade. First though, the basics of the story. The five storm troopers become involved in an accident and desert the empire only to stay idealistic enough to want to continue defending the citizens of the Empire; their disillusionment is rooted in the corruption of power with which they must deal. Trying to be true to their ideals, they take it upon themselves to track down some pirates who are smuggling Imperial supplies. Meanwhile Mara Jade, acting in the role of the "Emperor's Hand," is tracking down a world governor who is stealing Imperial tax money. There is a lot more to the plot as Han, Luke, Leia and Chewbacca become first indirectly involved for political reasons and then direct participants. The story is tightly written with multiple angles and views to the events. Unfortunately the characters end up a bit flat. I think most of that is due to the timing of being squished in between two of the movies. I did find it difficult to remember key characteristics of each of the five troopers but if you consider the size of the cast (at least 15 different key characters), it's hard to give each of them something unique and easily memorable in only 400 pages. Not Zahn's best work, but still an enjoyable read. It was an interesting (and ambitious) plot element to focus so heavily on a unit of stormtroopers who had deserted due to misgivings about the orders they were to carry out. I like the way things were left with them - Zahn didn't take the "easy" way out in crafting the conclusion of their story arc. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Distincions
Fiction.
Science Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML:Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahnâ??s trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellionâ??fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker, smuggler turned reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avengeâ??must face the harsh realities of the cataclysmic conflict into which they have so bravely plunged. From this point forward, legends will grow, treachery will abound, and lives will be irrevocably altered, in the long, hard fight to counter the fist of tyranny and restore hope to a galaxy too long in darkness. The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance was a decisive blow against the Empire, but Palpatine and his monstrous enforcer, Darth Vader, are no less of a threat. The brutal extermination of Alderaan not only demonstrated the magnitude of their murderous power, but served as a chilling testament to their resolve to crush the Rebel uprising. Standing against them, Skywalker, Solo, and the Princess remain uncertain opponents. Luke is gifted and brave, but unschooled in the power he possesses. Han has doubts about waging someone elseâ??s warâ??and his contentiousness is one more burden for Leia to bear as she struggles to help keep the Rebellion alive. The three have been sent to mediate a dispute between Rebel Alliance factions in Shelsha Sectorâ??agitating matters by forcing Han to deal not only with pirates, but with his more dreaded enemy, politics. At the same time, Mara Jadeâ??all of eighteen and years away from her fateful meeting with Lukeâ??is serving her evil master, Palpatine, well in her role as the Emperorâ??s Hand: tracking suspected treachery in the Empire to what may be high placesâ??while trying to stay out of Darth Vaderâ??s way. But the Rebels will prove to be only one of the Empireâ??s concerns. For Imperial Stormtrooper Daric LaRone, his faith in the Empire shaken by the wanton destruction of Alderaan, will commit a sudden and violent act of defiance, and take four other enforcers with him, in a desperate bid to elude their mastersâ?? wrath. Each of these fateful actions, whether sanctioned, secret, or scandalous, will expose brutality and corruption, spur upheavals destined to shake the Empire to its core, No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Really glad to hear there's a sequel as I loved the Hand of Judgment and the whole setting of the novel. ( )