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Star Wars: Hard Contact
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March 20, 2014
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April 20, 2014
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STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS
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Jim C
Mar 24, 2014 rated it really liked it
A novel that takes place during the Clone Wars. This one follows a squad of clone troopers as they land on a planet where a nanovirus is being developed that only affects clones. On this planet, they meet up with a padawan who has just lost her master and together they attempt the mission.

This is a very good book as it delves into the minds of clones as they wage a war for which they were developed for. I enjoyed this insight as it shows even though they are warriors bred for war, they are not m
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Andrew
May 18, 2013 rated it really liked it
This book was interesting, for a few reasons.

One, it is from the point of view of the clones. What they think about who they are (no existential crises for them), how they react to the world, and how they feel about their situation. It was interesting reading about how the clones thought of themselves, whether they were sentient or not, and how they dealt with their training meeting the real world.

The other interesting aspect was how the Jedi reacted to the clones. Are they canon fodder? Are the
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Jim
Dec 27, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2013, 2013-adult
This was an interesting book and good from a purely military aspect. However, I didn't feel myself making a great connection to it. I was easily distracted away from it to other books during the early chapters of the book and essentially had to force myself to finish this first before reading something else rather than jumping back and forth. The clones and the Clone War era are not my favorites of the Star Wars universe so that probably had some impact on things. It was good enough that I will ...more
Rebecca
Jun 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Karen Traviss is among my favorite Star Wars authors!
Josh Lewis
Mar 22, 2012 rated it it was ok
Shelves: sweu
Description was scarce, and the cliche ending just did not appeal to me. I did, however, really enjoy the naturalness of the Mandalorian villain.
Jordan Lahn
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Jamie
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Mike Tuter
Apr 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: star-wars
Andrew
Apr 21, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Zachary
May 19, 2012 marked it as to-read
Chris
May 22, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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May 31, 2012 rated it really liked it
Eric
May 31, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: star-wars, biopunk
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Jul 03, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing