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“Rapid-fire adventure [that] adds yet another dimension of enjoyment to a rousing galactic romp.”—
Library Journal “Highly entertaining . . . excellent
Star Wars . . . There are
many twists and turns [and] Zahn manages to find ways to twist them one step further than you’d expect.”—Examiner.com
“[
Scoundrels] brings freshness to the franchise.”—
USA TodayAbout the Author
Timothy Zahn is the author of more than forty novels, nearly ninety short stories and novelettes, and four short fiction collections. In 1984, he won the Hugo Award for best novella. Zahn is best known for his
Star Wars novels (
Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor’s Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, and
Choices of One) with more than four million copies of his books in print. Other books include the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.
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- Series: Star Wars
- Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: LucasBooks (November 26, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345511514
- ISBN-13: 978-0345511515
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Obviously, Scoundrels was Timothy Zahn's attempt at combining an Ocean's 11 caper with the Star Wars saga. What I hadn't appreciated before reading the book was just how serious Zahn was about this. There have been several Star Wars books this year that try to break into the espionage/thriller genre, such as Annihilation: Star Wars (The Old Republic) and Mercy Kill: Star Wars (X-Wing), but at the end of the day they feel like rehashed Star Wars. By contrast, Scoundrels is something new. It takes the best of Star Wars with the best of the espionage/thriller genre to create something that really feels fresh.
Here are some of my initial thoughts. Note, I try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible, meaning that I try not to reveal anything critical beyond the first three chapters.
THE PLOT
Perhaps the aspect of the book that I appreciated most is the plot. Basically, Han is hired by a Black Sun victim to break into the Black Sun sector chief's house in order to recover his stolen credits. As we all know, Han is a smuggler, not a burglar, so he recruits 9 conspirators and comes up with a plan to get the credits back (9 plus Han plus the person that hires him = 11. That's not a coincidence).
Timothy Zahn has written so many Star Wars novels, and done such a consistently excellent job of it, that I'm almost tempted to say, "Another Zahn Star Wars novel. 'Nuff said. Five stars." And reading the book only bolsters that thought. Zahn still has a better handle on the core Star Wars characters than most other writers who dabble in the Expanded Universe (or, it seems at times, George Lucas himself), and, jaded as I have become by the less-than-perfect nature of the prequels and current EU offerings, I cannot pass on any new book by Zahn. And I have yet to be disappointed.
This time around, the novel stars Han Solo, who has just been robbed of the reward he earned saving the Rebels in the original Star Wars film (AKA A New Hope), and is wondering how to earn the money to get Jabba the Hutt off his back. A mysterious stranger approaches him, stating that Han is just the sort of moral, yet decisive, outlaw that he needs in order to retrieve a massive amount of stolen credits that are in the possession of a seemingly philanthropic Villachor. Han assembles a team of mostly new characters to pull off the heist, but things get a bit complicated when it turns out that Villachor is a sector chief for Black Sun (the SW equivalent of the mafia). A Black Sun vigo (essentially the equivalent of a mafia Don) is present, and Imperial Intelligence has undercover agents working to bring down Villachor for their own purposes.
As is typical, Zahn works a character from his classic Thrawn Trilogy into the proceedings. This time, it's Winter, the Alderaanian friend of Princess Leia with a photographic memory. She fits perfectly into a story where, at face value, it seems to make no sense for her to be around.
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