Edge of Victory 1: Conquest (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (782 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345428641 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 291 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Anakin Solo has his own ideas. But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his head. The dazzling Star Wars space adventure continues in The New JediOrder as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph .No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger–and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends .. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system–and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind.At Luke Skywalker’s request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off
Amazon Customer said then it is a good step in the saga. If you are into the series, "the new jedi order", then it is a good step in the saga. I made my mistake by reading "legend" and "fate" of the jedi first. With references to the Vong war, I had to backtrack in the story line to understand better. Greg keeps the quality up. A good read.. V. M. Vaglio said Pretty good insight view of the Yuuzhan Vong. In this book the Vong have come up with an efficient way of capturing the Jedi, a way that also helps introducing more dissent among the already divided New Republic, and that's when Anakin Solo appears and tries to rescue the Jedi Students from this new cruel and evil opponent.The best feature of this novel is that it introduces and develops a vivid description of the Yuuzhan Vong society, their beliefs, motivation and even technology. Most authors in past New Jedi Order books just give you a brief glimpse of this new enemy, not a deep description. Keyes tells the quest of young Anakin and in the way makes a great development. J. Helene Wherry said It's a new world out there. I have been reading the New Jedi Order books with trepidation. Every time I read one I find I am so drawn into the books that I feel the same horror as the characters as they see the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong evoke as they take over the Star Wars Galaxy. This book was no exception. I bought it when it first came out and couldn't bring myself to read it until recently. I kept looking at the book and saying "I can't read that - I don't want to know what happens next" It was very hard to approach this book since I had read the Jr. Jedi Knights series and remembered the characters Tahiri, Tionne and others. Needless to say, thi
Under the name J. in the anthropology of belief systems and mythology. He was born in Mississippi and was raised there and on a Navajo reservation in Arizona.. He is also the author of The Blackgod and The Waterborn. Keyes is a teacher at the University of Georgia and is pursuing a Ph.D. Gregory Keyes, Greg Keyes is the #1 bestselling author of The Age of Reason series,
Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger-and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. At Luke Skywalker's request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. From the Inside Flap "The dazzling Star Wars" space adventure continues in The New Jedi" Order" as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system-and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing. When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, An