Last year I made a deal with my husband.
He felt I read too much (is that even possible?!?!?) and I felt his opinion was a little on the crazy side.
To help him feel better about the amount of books I read, I promised him that this year I would read his entire collection of Star Wars books (those and military books are the only ones he'll read, so I figured that would appease him).
He agreed to this deal and so here we are today.
Outbound Flight is about you guessed it, a flight that goes out of bounds - the bound of the Republic, that is.
Here's what Goodreads has to say about it:
The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark–aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel–on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start–until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.
Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward . . . and, ultimately, to fail.
Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as “Thrawn.” Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds–and the most diabolical of adversaries.
Timothy Zahn’s unique mix of espionage, political gamesmanship, and deadly interstellar combat breathes electrifying life into a Star Wars legend.
Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward . . . and, ultimately, to fail.
Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as “Thrawn.” Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds–and the most diabolical of adversaries.
Timothy Zahn’s unique mix of espionage, political gamesmanship, and deadly interstellar combat breathes electrifying life into a Star Wars legend.
My husband is a HUGE Star Wars fan and in the 13 plus years we have been married, he has turned me into quite the fan, as well.
It was an interesting read. The Star Wars world is huge, and there are so many facets to the Jedi and the Force that it has spawned numerous book series. According to my husband, Thrawn is quite a notorious character in the Star Wars world, and after reading this I am a little disappointed and at the same time intrigued by his character.
The ending was not at all what I was expecting and I found myself actually interested in reading the Thrawn Triliogy to find out what happens to the Chiss mastermind.
Rating: 3/5 stars
1 comment:
How nice of you to read some of Ben's books! I'm not a big Star Wars person, so it just sounds boring to me, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) Also, there is no such thing as reading too much.
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