X-wing #7 - Solo Command - Aaron Allston
Rating: 4.5 out of 5The Story:The hunt for Warlord Zsinj continues. General Han Solo and his fleet are now heading the operation. Wedge Antilles (who has returned to Rogue Squadron), the Rogues, Wraiths, and several other squadrons are all stationed aboard the Mon Remonda, commanded by General Solo. When Solo and Zsinj's paths meet, it's an all out dogfight. But who has more tricks up their sleeve?
Review:Aaron Allston is my favorite author. Period. :-)While I personally liked Iron Fist better, this book was still excellent! Humor and drama all mixed together perfectly; not to mention surprising plot twists. Allston even manages to give Chewie a sense of humor! I can hardly describe how much I enjoyed this trilogy. Truly wonderful! I’m just a bit disappointed, because I know that the Wraiths don’t appear in the EU too much after these books. I will really miss these characters. Only one thing bothered me about this book, and that was that characters frequently either “snorted”, “suppresed a shudder”, or (the most frequent of all) “turned their ship so hard that they fell back into their pilot’s couch because their inertial compensators couldn’t keep up”. I really wished someone would invent a better inertial compensator so that the reader wouldn’t have to be alerted to their failure every few pages. Overall, though, it wasn’t too big of a deal. I still thoroughly enjoyed the book. These three books are probably about as much fun as Star Wars literature will ever get. The Wraith books are top-notch. If you haven’t read them, I suggest you run to your local bookstore and snatch these jewels up quick! |