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Title: Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul) by Michael Cumpsty, Michael Reaves ISBN: 0-375-41674-9 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (101 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bad Guy Finally Wins
Comment: This book was excellent. It was exciting, cool, and sort of scary. The Sith Lord Darth Maul takes a leading role in this sci-fi thriller. It is his first major mission and turns out to be difficult. While chasing the trade federation emmisary he runs into two jedi knights and elimenates them both. He finally catches up with the alein and completes his mission. The entire book all leads up to the recent Star Wars Episode 1 feature film. To top off the great story filled with unpredictable turns it contains all the familar cast of characters, including Obi Wan Kenobi, Qui Gon Jinn, and Yoda. Overall this had it all and was great.
Rating: 3
Summary: Entertaining, fun read but that's pretty much it....
Comment: Shadow Hunter brings to life everyone's favorite painted Sith Lord Darth Maul. Yet even though the story is about Darth Maul, the side characters are actually a bit more interesting and steal much of the spotlight from the Episode I baddie. The young Jedi apprentice and her master along with an embittered information broker make this story very fast paced and entertaining. Our Jedi heroes fight hard to save a man with information about the impending Naboo blockade while Obi-Wan Kenobi makes an extended cameo. At times, Darth Maul is regulated to side story status, something that is a bit puzzling since the story is about him. If you want some fun reading filled with spectacular fight scenes and short on originality, this books for you. It is a fine Star Wars book, but simply not original enough to be considered anything more than above average.
Rating: 4
Summary: fast paced Star Wars action
Comment: "Shadow Hunter" is a prequel novel set in the Star Wars universe. The setting is on Coruscant just days before the event of "The Phantom Menace". Whereas "Cloak of Deception" was a novel set on a grander scale and told of the origins of Darth Sidious's plan for the Naboo trade blockade and dealt with political intrigue, "Shadow Hunter" is a fairly straight-forward action ride of a novel.
One of the Neimoidians who was instrumental in setting up the Naboo blockade has gone missing. Nate Gunray suspects that Hath Monchar is betraying the other Neimoidians and Darth Sidious knows that there is a betrayal even though Gunray has said nothing about this. To track down Monchar, Darth Sidious has sent his apprentice Darth Maul to find Monchar, kill him and kill anybody Monchar has spoken to about the upcoming blockade. Monchar has contacted a criminal named Lorn Pavan about selling this information. With Pavan we meet his droid, I-Five.
While this is going on Jedi Padawan Darsha Assant is sent on her final test before becoming a Jedi. She must escort someone back to the Jedi Temple, but while her mission initially seems unrelated to the other storyline in the novel the mission becomes complicated and eventually intertwines with the lives of Darth Maul and Lorn Pavan.
This is a very fast paced novel, and one in which we get to see a different side of the Star Wars universe: namely, the Sith. Darth Maul becomes a more interesting character as we learn a little bit more about his background and that of the Sith and part of a reason why there are only two Sith at a time. After the exposition, "Shadow Hunter" is non-stop and everything is constantly moving, driving the story forward. I was pleasantly surprised with this Star Wars novel. It was a well told story (as far as Star Wars goes) with lots of action, some light saber action and a deeper look at the Sith. It was good enough that it made me want to continue on with the Star Wars novels. This isn't a great book, but I found it entertaining and I finished it in a couple of days.
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Title: Cloak of Deception (Star Wars) by James Luceno ISBN: 0345442970 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Rogue Planet (Star Wars) by Greg Bear ISBN: 0345435400 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Approaching Storm (Star Wars) by Alan Dean Foster ISBN: 0345442997 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345434110 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Shatterpoint: A Clone Wars Novel (Star Wars) by Matthew Woodring Stover ISBN: 0345455738 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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