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Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic, #2)

Paul S. Kemp

Start date: March 22, 2011

Finish date: September 9, 2011

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Feb 26, 2012 Scott Rhee rated it liked it

Shelves: star-wars, science-fiction, movie-tie-in, fantasy, the-old-republic, old-canon-legends, video-game-tie-in

Video game afficionadoes ("gamers" as they like to call themselves) talk lovingly about a video game called "The Knights of the Old Republic", based on George Lucas's Star Wars franchise. I have never played it, know nothing about it other than it exists, and I will most likely never play it as i do not play video games. The setting is roughly 200 years before the events of the first "Star Wars" film. I read the first in the "Old Republic" series, a book called "Revan", based on a popular charac Video game afficionadoes ("gamers" as they like to call themselves) talk lovingly about a video game called "The Knights of the Old Republic", based on George Lucas's Star Wars franchise. I have never played it, know nothing about it other than it exists, and I will most likely never play it as i do not play video games. The setting is roughly 200 years before the events of the first "Star Wars" film. I read the first in the "Old Republic" series, a book called "Revan", based on a popular character in the video game. I was not impressed. I was, actually, extremely disappointed with that one.

So, you may be asking why, if I found the first in the series to be less-than-stellar, I would choose to read the second, my answer would be three-fold: 1) I am always willing to give anyone or anything a second chance, especially book series. 2) This second novel, "Deceived" is NOT written by the same author as the first. In this one, Paul S. Kemp mans the literary helm. 3) It's a "Star Wars" book. I'm pretty much a sucker for anything "Star Wars".

I'm actually glad I gave this series a second chance because I liked the second book much better. It's better written, for one. (Not by much, to be completely honest, but immensely more readable than the first.) It's also a stand-alone, so there is no need to read the first one, nor is there a need to actually read the third. "Deceived" is its own beginning, middle, and end.

The plot involves three main characters, all of whom are pretty prototypical characters for a "Star Wars" novel:

*Zeerid Korr: a smuggler working for gangsters, rugged and deadly when he has to be but, deep down, he's a soft touch. (Sound familiar?) His motivation is his young daughter, being cared for by his sister. Their lives are being kept secret because he knows that his ruthless employers would use them as leverage against him. He wants out of the smuggling trade, but he knows he could never find another (legitimate) job that pays as well.

*Darth Malgus: a Sith Lord who gleefully envisions the destruction of all Jedi Knights. He leads a full-frontal assault on the planet Coruscant, the capital world of the Republic, and specifically against the Jedi Temple. His attack is a success, but a contingent of other Sith Lords wants to negotiate peace with the Jedis. Malgus just wants endless war.

*Aryn Leneer: a Jedi Knight away on Alderaan for peace negotiations. She senses a disturbance in the Force when her Jedi Master Ven Zallow is killed by Malgus. Against all her Jedi training, she rushes back to Coruscant to avenge his death.

Within the "Star Wars" universe, this has probably all been done before, but for geek fans like myself, it never gets old. ...more

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Jul 01, 2013 Haydensdad rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, series, 2013-reading-challenge, star-wars

Liked this book more than the others I have read so far. The story moved along quickly and the book was full of action.

Darth Malgus was a good Sith character consumed with hate but underlying it all was a passion for a female Twi'lek Eleena which was a nice touch of grey where a black & white character could have been used.
Through Malgus you can see the Imperial Empire in a new light, not just blind followers of the Emperor.

It was also refreshing that the opening sequence of the novel has the Si ...more

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