Archive for the 'Fiction:' Category
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
By Joel C. Rosenberg (Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Pub., 2008, 400 pgs.)
This is the 5th and final book in the series which began with The Last Jihad and continued with The Last Days, The Ezekiel Option, and The Copper Scroll.
The book revolves around Jon Bennett, Former Advisor to the President, and his wife [...]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
By Troy Denning (New York: Random House, Inc.: Ballantine Books, 2008, 299 pgs.)
This is the final offering in the ‘Legacy’ series. The most that I am going to say about the outcome is that the war is finally over at the end of the book.
Jaina Solo was training with [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Karen Traviss (New York: Random House, Inc.: Ballantine Books, 2008, 436 pgs.)
Jaina Solo is determined to bring in or eliminate her brother Jacen who had become Darth Caedus. She goes to Mandalore to receive training from Boba Fett. She reasons that he will need to learn another method of fighting if she is [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
By Robert Ferrigno (New York: Scribner: Simon & Schuster, 2008, 384 pages)
This is the second book in Robert Ferrigno’s fast paced ‘Assassin Trilogy’. The first book: "Prayers for the Assassin" set a precedent that is hard to equal, yet "Sins of the Assassin" is a worthy successor that stands up well on its own. [...]
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
By Vince Flynn (New York: Atria Books-Simon & Schuster, 2007, 403 pages)
The latest in the Mitch Rapp saga. For fans of this series you will not want to miss out on this one. For those who are new, the novel could also serve rather well as a stand alone story. It is almost like [...]
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
By Khalid Hosseini (New York: Riverhead Books -Penguin Group, 2003, 271 pages)
The story starts with a phone call taken by a young man with an old family friend on the other end telling him that he needs to come back to the Middle East and care of some family business. Then the story line flashes [...]
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
By Aaron Allston (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 368 pgs.)
"Fury" is the 7th book in the "Legacy" series. The book begins with the Jedi helping the Wookies control the fires set by Jacen (now Darth Caedus) on their home planet Kashyyyk.
This episode sees many of our on-going characters resolving some of their [...]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
By Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Pub., Inc., 2007, 356 pgs.)
The final book in the "Left Behind Series" covering the Millennium, the Final Judgment, and the creation of a new earth in Revelation 20 and 21. The book deals mostly with life during the 1000 years reign of [...]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
By Troy Denning (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 312 pgs.)
This is the 6th book in the series and it is a fast paced adventure just like the previous ones. The book opens with Jacen Solo deep into his new role as Darth Caedus, using his new powers to take [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
By Karen Traviss (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 367 pgs.)
This is the 5th book in the series and breaks new ground by introducing a new Sith Lord. The book is fast paced as the previous in this series.
Particularly of note: Boba Fett finally takes on his role as leader of Mandalore seriously and [...]
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