tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329461626020663198.post7898186083930730624..comments2012-02-01T21:18:22.540-05:00Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07883560209997108059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329461626020663198.post-5944018970077369432012-02-01T21:18:22.540-05:002012-02-01T21:18:22.540-05:00Good comments. Thanks.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665223709879271294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329461626020663198.post-63855794251679438342012-02-01T20:46:58.894-05:002012-02-01T20:46:58.894-05:00This book is definitely an improvement over Allegiance. I particularly enjoyed the moments of introspection sprinkled throughout the text by the various featured characters. It was great to see that Pellaeon was an "old-school" officer and a honest warrior even before he became a Captain. I thought the use of Nuso Esva as an intelligent, unseen and inscrutable menance with unknown motives was a nice touch for the SW EU which features so many larger than life villains who wear their machinations on their sleave. The story and action takes place on a more brisk pace than Allegiance and Luke Skywalker has suddenly found some courage. I am also slowly warming up to the Hand of Judgment brigade and I thought the resolution of their dilemma at the end made total sense and represented another reason why Thrawn was such a great Imperial leader and compelling adversary. I have a feeling I might have appreciated certain parts of this book more if I had read Outbound Flight first so I would note that to readers. Overall though - this book is a big improvement over Allegiance and if Zahn decided to make this a trilogy instead of a duology - I would probably buy the third book!Mike from Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239575980478634819noreply@blogger.com