Finally, some Darth Maul | Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul)

book: Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul) | Michael Reaves

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	• Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul) Michael Reaves Del Rey, 2001 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 146 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Pre-prequel

In order to best appreciate the story in "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter", it is recommended that "Darth Maul: Saboteur" be read first. Previously an ebook, it is included at the end of most publications of "Shadow Hunter". Reading "Saboteur" first allows a picture of the characters to develop in the reader's mind before the main novel.

Although menacing, the Darth Maul character portrayed in Michael Reeves' novel is flawed. Though a Sith apprentice, his greatest struggle in the book is killing a human who by his own admission is not particularly good at anything. Lorn Pavan, an information trader, comes into possession of a holocron crystal that contains information about the upcoming trade embargo. Neimoidian Hath Monchar attempted to made a quick profit by selling the secrets of the Trade Federation and the Emperor. This fatal decision sets up the chase. Though the end of the novel seems easy to foresee, the reader is drawn into this quick paced read.

Though the protagonists are heavily flawed, the characters are well drawn. As I did, readers may have a problem with such flawed individuals giving a Sith Lord such a menacing chase. It makes the primary villian of the Phantom Menace seem weak. But seeing the story ending exactly where the Phantom Menace begins will be pleasing to Star Wars fans.

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Finally, some Darth Maul

We saw him briefly in Phantom Menace. Then he died. Now we have a whole book about him. I have read the book and listened to the audio. Both are excellent. They delve into his character and nearly every scene has him in it. The other characters are decent. Non jedi Lorn Pavan is a likeable anti-hero in the Han Solo mold. Thats the only problem, I think the author was thinking Han and just made up another name. The jedi padawan was kind of weak and the swift killing of her master, one of the top jedi's, was somewhat unbelievable. The end is what makes this book. It brings you literally up to the minute Phantom starts which is very cool. This is a solid, different, change of pace Star wars book.

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For the infamous, power-hungry Sith,
beholden to the dark side,
the time has come to rise again . . .

After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.

But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right on the top of Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?

SPECIAL BONUS INSIDE--the exclusive story, "Star Wars(R) Darth Maul: Saboteur" by James Luceno, previously available in e-book format only!

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