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	• Survivor's Quest (Star Wars) Timothy Zahn Del Rey, 2004 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 70 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Don't believe the critics. . .

I'll have to admit that before I bought this book I read some bad reviews people had given it. I think I had a bit of thier criticism when I started reading, so the book seemed to start slowly. As a read deeper into this adventure, I found myself getting hooked and couldn't put the book down. I'm sorry I ever listened to other people's opinions, and I should have trusted more in my favorite Star Wars author Timothy Zahn. I give this book four stars because it was a wonderful, captivating adventure, yet doesn't deserve five stars because I reserve five stars only for my very favorite.

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great star wars whodunnit

Intrigueing one off star wars book. Its great to read this one and then go read outbound flight, a prequel of sorts. Zahn is rarely better in these books.

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Best SW book since ages!

Survivor's quest takes place about 3 years after the Thrawn duology, which unfortunately was Zahn's worst work to date. Still, knowing the excellent Thrawn trilogy (which started ALL the flow of new Star Wars books), I decided to give this novel a chance.

I'm no native English speaker, but I read this book in just 2 days, because it was extremely thrilling, high-paced and action packed. The fact that Mara + Luke joined forces with Stormtroopers of the "Empire of the Hand" and the blue skinned Chiss made it even more interesting to me, as these are organizations you want to learn more of.

Another plus in Survivors Quest is that it focusses mostly on Mara+Luke and the Stormtrooper squad - so you're not constantly switching between 8 different side stories (as in the Thrawn duology), but always stay in the center of the plot.
There are some minor flaws (like Luke n Mara allowing an imposter to join them or the troopers seeming a bit too unvulnerable; or who are the trapped Jedi?), but that doesn't really change the overall quality of this book.

In short - a great, entertaining read, not only for die-hard SW fans.
Hint: read the short story "Fools bargain" at the end of the book first to get a better look on the stormtrooper squad.

I seriously hope Zahn will let us know more about The Empire Of The Hand and the Chiss soon. And please - no return of a cloned Thrawn, as indicated slightly on the end of the book. "Dark Empire" was bad enough ;)

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Sometimes it seems a Jedi?s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple?and struggling to find time together between the constant demands of duty. But all that will change when they?re united on an unexpected mission?and must pool their exceptional skills to combat an insidious enemy . . . and salvage a part of Jedi history.It begins with a message from a surprising source: Nirauan, the planet where Thrawn, dangerous disciple of Emperor Palpatine, once held sway . . . and from which Luke and Mara barely escaped with their lives. The message itself is shocking. After fifty years, the remains of Outbound Flight?a pioneering Jedi expedition viciously destroyed by Thrawn?have been found on Nirauan. Now, the fiercely honor-bound aliens who reside there wish to turn over the remnants of the doomed mission to the New Republic. Accepting the gesture will mean a long voyage into the treacherous cluster of stars where the thousands of souls aboard the Outbound Flight vessel met their grim fate. But it may also mean something more . . . something that has stirred an inexplicable sense of foreboding in Mara.Whatever may await, the Skywalkers will not face it alone. Joining them on the strange and solemn journey are an officer of the post-Palpatine Empire, escorted by a detachment of Imperial stormtroopers; a party of diplomats from a gentle alien species that reveres the fallen Jedi for saving them from bloodthirsty conquerors; and a New Republic ambassador who harbors his own mysterious agenda.Soon enough, suspicion, secrecy, and an unknown saboteur run rampant aboard the isolated ship. But it is within the derelict walls of Outbound Flight itself, buried for half a century on a desolate planetoid, where the gravest danger lies. As the marooned hulk yields up stunning revelations and unexpected terrors to its visitors, Luke and Mara find all they stand for?and their very existence?brutally challenged. And the ultimate test will be surviving the deathtrap carefully laid by foes who are legendary for their ruthlessness . . . and determined to complete the job Thrawn began: exterminating the Jedi.

From the Hardcover edition.

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