I realized that I was not reading new books but would instead putter around reading old books. Many of not great quality. So I came up with a plan. I would pick a book from the stack starting at a given place, read the book then write a review. Craft books or such I would work on projects when encountering them, cookbooks a new recipe would be tried.
Star Wars Death Star by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
Rating **** out 5
Plot well driven with characters moving the actions.
Characters were mutliple and well developed. We do get an inkling into the mind of the Star Wars bad guys of the film, Darth Vade, Wilhuff Tarkin, General Motti, and General Tagge. There are scenes recreated from the movie, such as the meeting where Vader force chocks Tagge, "as you wish." There is Leia capture and the destruction of Alderaan. But these are things happenning in the plot, not the main focus, these are situations for the new characters to tell their stories through. A librarian, an escaped prisoner, a martial arts expert, a conscripted builder, a medical doctor and a bar owner end up on and working on the Death Star. There stories are told how they ended up there and their horror at what they are actually doing. Aptly handled is the force awakening of the martial arts expert. The story pulls you along as the chapters change telling the story from the point of view of the current character.
Introduced is Admiral Daala, who appears later in the Expanded Universe series.
If you have not read any of the Star Wars novels this is a good one to be your first.
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