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Loading... Dark Tide I: Onslaughtby Michael A. StackpoleSeries: Star Wars (25 ABY), The New Jedi Order (2), The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide (1), Star Wars: The New Jedi Order era (NJO #2/DT #1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Being the visualizing reader that I am, this book was excellent from that point of view. The storyline is only advanced in a small amount, which is not unpleasant, but does lend a feeling that the entire NJO series will be short-lived in the timeline. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it. (  ) ryan.shuck | Mar 27, 2009 |  Stackpole delivers a solid piece of work, a strong contrast to the previous book in the series, Vector Prime. Stackpole does a good job of characterization, making the characters seem like real people with real problems. He keeps almost exclusively to the Republic viewpoint; the Yuuzhan Vong remain, for the most part, a mystery to be solved, and when they do get viewpoint time, he emphasizes their alien culture rather than their basic ickiness. (  ) slothman | Sep 24, 2008 | Very good. What's really great are the characters, not only do we have the old favorites like Luke who busts out with the dual light sabers to kick some extragalactic amphistaff, but we have the Leia and Han's children who I would imagine will become more and more important as the series progresses. These compelling characters keep me reading, I already have Dark Tide II on my night stand and look forward to reading it. http://dfollett76-books.blogspot.com/... (  ) dfollett76 | Jan 4, 2008 | I really *don't* like the NJO books, but I really do like Stackpole, so this book was a compromise for me. I hate what they've done to Mara (given her that debilitating, incurable disease so that she's inherently weaker than she was/Luke), I find the "alien threat" incredibly boring, and I'm still upset (as is Han, the drunk?, apparently) that they killed Chewie. Plus, I've never liked the Solo kids. That said, this being Stackpole, there's lots of nice Corran and Jedis, and Wedge and Tycho even come back at the end. :) Recommended if you like the NJO books. (  )1  lysimache | Jul 6, 2007 | This book is okay, but nothing special. Stackpole writes the minutiae of combat, particularly space combat, quite well. Character isn't really his strong point, though. While some of the conversations about the nature of Jedi and the Force were interesting, any character interaction involving any sort of emotion was handled in a decidedly amateurish way. And the way he treated Han Solo in his grief is nothing short of criminal. Still, this book serves its purpose, advancing the plot of the New Jedi Order series without stooping to Kevin J. Anderson-level lameness, and there's something to be said for that. ( )1 jonwwil | Nov 6, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345428544, Mass Market Paperback)The Jedi are back and ready to rumble in Dark Tide 1: Onslaught, the second book to appear in Del Rey's five-year New Jedi Order story arc, which picks up events 25 years after A New Hope. Reading R.A. Salvatore's Vector Prime first--while not necessary (and some fans even recommend against it)--will help enormously in understanding the alien threat facing the New Republic, the sinister Yuuzhan Vong. The Jedi, under the now truly formidable Luke, must rise to beat back the biotech-wielding invaders, and we really get to see the Solo kids and good ol' Corran Horn shine. Lando and especially Han get short shrift (that's probably just as well in this new series), but Luke and Mara still manage to get a whole lot of lovin' going on. This is excellent work by the ever popular Stackpole (Rogue Squadron). --Paul Hughes(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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