Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #4: Savior
by admin on May.22, 2010, under Star Wars
Product Description
Twenty-five years ago the survivors of the marooned Sith ship Omen bloodlessly conquered the native population of the remote planet Kesh, installing themselves as overlords and transforming the primitive Keshiri civilization into a new Sith society. Letting nothing stand in his way-including his own brother-s life-Omen commander-turned-Grand Lord Yaru Korsin has ruled unopposed ever since. But now his days, and those of the ruthless Sith order on Kesh, may be numbered.Revolt-and revenge-have been brewing in the hearts of the two women closest to Korsin. One is Adari Vaal, the once-outcast Keshiri who rescued the stranded Sith, aided their domination of Kesh, and now leads the secret resistance against them. The other is Seelah, wife of Korsin, widow of his murdered brother, and mastermind of the plot to assassinate the Grand Lord and seize power. But have the comforts of a king and his own arrogance blunted Korsin-s cunning Sith instincts? Or is he ready to deal swiftly and mercilessly with treachery from any quarter? Enemies themselves, Adari and Seelah are unaware of each other-s destiny-altering gambits. They only know that there can be no turning back-and no escaping the consequences if they fail.
May 22nd, 2010 on 10:30 am
I have been enjoying this series of short stories “Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith”, for several months now. They have given us the back-story to the latest series of Star Wars novels, “The Fate of the Jedi”. My enjoyment ended with this book. My main complaint is that I found this short story to be TOO short. I also feel that it was poorly planned and hastily constructed. It introduces a new (and important) character without fleshing her out as well as the other main characters have been. Because of that the climatic ending seems less than believable and, ultimately, disappointing. Even the series-changing final battle scene which involves some of the Lost Tribe’s most important characters comes across as sketchy at best.
I have been waiting over a month for the latest installment of this interesting (up to now) story and even though it was free I feel as though I over-paid (at least with my anticipation). If we are treated to any more stories in this series I hope that they are better thought out than “Savior” was.
Rating: 2 / 5
May 22nd, 2010 on 12:10 pm
It is as well written as the other Tribe of the Sith books, but it was way to short. I know the other three are not long ebooks but this one seemed hurried a bit.
This book focuses on a Sith power play, and the natives trying to get there land/lives back form the Sith. The story abruptly ends as soon as the power plays finish, I would have liked to read more about the after math a bit. Also there is no story included in this about “modern” day sith like the first three had.
I would get this book if you are a fan of the Tribe of the Sith books, though I would wait for it to be free, 80 cents is a bit much for so little.
Rating: 4 / 5