I was browsing quickly at a bookstore the other day and saw this book. It was new to me and I thought it was a new release, but it’s ten years old! I was able to get it out of the library right away. It just goes to show how much Star Wars content has been put out there. This book is trying to show the changeover in Anakin Skywalker to fully embrace his Sith-ness.
Unfortunately, the parallel story with rebellion on Ryloth was as compelling a contrast. After having seen Andor and Rogue One, this unfortunately comes off as a lesser story. You don’t learn anything major about the Emperor through this story, and Vader’s internal struggle also was nothing new. This one’s not a necessary read in the SW universe.
I’ve had several people recommend the Lost Fleet series to me. I’m a space opera fan, and space battles/military SF is an “easy read” for me. The books have proven to read pretty quickly.
Scalzi is one of the authors that I automatically read. It’s not spoiling anything to say that the premise of the book is that Earth’s Moon is suddenly turned into…cheese. I will note that at the end of this post I will have a fairly large spoiler, so don’t read the last paragraph if you haven’t already read the book.