Mercy Kill

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Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss: Mercy Kill (2013, Penguin Random House)

432 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 2013 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-09-954285-8
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4 stars (1 review)

Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand—for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission.

A powerful general in the Galactic Alliance Army, once renowned for his valor, is suspected of participating in the infamous Lecersen Conspiracy, which nearly toppled the Alliance back into the merciless hands of the Empire. With orders to expose and apprehend the traitor—and license to do so by any and all means—the Wraiths will become thieves, pirates, impostors, forgers . . . and targets, as they put their guts, their guns, and their riskiest game plan to the test against the most lethal of adversaries.

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4 stars

Well dang, that was pretty good. A spy novel set in the near-"future" of the Star Wars universe? The characters we know and love in positions of power and influence? A surprisingly tangled web of spycraft and heisting?

Pretty light on the X-Wings, though. And the character arc felt like it crashed a bit at the end.

Still, this was a pretty good one. I wish Allston had been able to write more; this was obviously supposed to kickstart a new era that, for a couple reasons, never happened. Still, I'm glad I finally finished the series!

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  • Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure