Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780099472636
ISBN number: 0099472635
Label: Arrow Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd
Page Count: 420
Printing Date: February 03, 2005
Publishing house: Arrow Books Ltd
Sale Popularity Level: 1479784
Studio: Arrow Books Ltd
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Luke Skywalker and his wife, Mara, get a strange message from the Chiss: Come and get the remains of the mysterious Outbound Flight Project. But there is more than meets the eye to this unexpected gift, as the newlyweds come face to face with the past! For someone is still alive in the Outbound Flight ships, and they're not interested in visitors. Plus there's at least one imposter along on the mission, and maybe more, and it will be up to Luke and Mara to figure uncover all the secrets and prevent another war from breaking out.
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Survivor's quest takes place about 3 years after the Thrawn duology, which unfortunately was Zahn's worst work to date. Still, knowing the excellent Thrawn trilogy (which started ALL the flow of new Star Wars books), I decided to give this novel a chance.
I'm no native English speaker, but I read this book in just 2 days, because it was extremely thrilling, high-paced and action packed. The fact that Mara + Luke joined forces with Stormtroopers of the "Empire of the Hand" and the blue skinned Chiss made it even more interesting to me, as these are organizations you want to learn more of.
Another plus in Survivors Quest is that it focusses mostly on Mara+Luke and the Stormtrooper squad - so you're not constantly switching between 8 different side stories (as in the Thrawn duology), but always stay in the center of the plot.
There are some minor flaws (like Luke n Mara allowing an imposter to join them or the troopers seeming a bit too unvulnerable; or who are the trapped Jedi?), but that doesn't really change the overall quality of this book.
In short - a great, entertaining read, not only for die-hard SW fans.
Hint: read the short story "Fools bargain" at the end of the book very first to get a better look on the stormtrooper squad.
I seriously hope Zahn will let us know more about The Empire Of The Hand and the Chiss soon. And please - no return of a cloned Thrawn, as indicated slightly on the end of the book. "Dark Empire" was bad enough ;)
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Intrigueing one off star wars book. Its great to read this one and then go read outbound flight, a prequel of sorts. Zahn is rarely better in these books.
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This has to be one of the worst books ever written for the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The story doesn't seem suspenseful at all and is very slow. I gave up this one after the very first 150 pages.This was a major disappointment especially coming from such a good writer as Zahn.
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If you're a fan of the Star Wars novels that took place before the New Jedi Order series, particularly those stand-alone novels where Luke, Han, Leia and the gang would split up, face mortal peril, reunite, triumph resoundingly over the forces of evil, and never ever disturb the status quo, then you're going to love Survivor's Quest. If, however, you preferred series like the Jedi Academy Trilogy, the New Jedi Order, and yes Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn trilogy, where major events had actual repercussions in the Star Wars Universe, you may want to skip this inconsequential tale of...well, not much really.
Basically, the Chiss (Grand Admiral Thrawn's people) discover the remains of Outbound Flight, a Jedi-led expedition into the Unknown Regions, and ask Luke Skywalker and his new bride Mara Jade to come take it off their hands. A band of Stormtroopers (no wait, they're good guys!) and some kindly aliens come along for various reasons, but the aliens turn out to be not so kindly after all, causing a conflict that is resolved (of course) by Luke and Mara. At the end, everyone goes their separate ways like the whole thing never happened.
Of course I'm oversimplifying, but not much. This novel didn't serve any purpose at all in the greater scheme of things, much like all of those throwaway Star Wars books from the mid 1990's. I took a chance on it based solely on the fact that it was a Timothy Zahn book, but this is far from his best work. It was a struggle to read this one through to its predictable conclusion.
If you loved those self-contained Star Wars novels from the 90's and are still fuming that they took out Chewbacca in the New Jedi Order's very first book (you know who you are), then by all means pick up Survivor's Quest. If you prefer saga's like the New Jedi Order where things actually happen and the good guys don't always ride off into the sunset, you'll want to skip this one.
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Survivor's Quest is the follow-up to Timothy Zahn's Hand Of Thrawn Duology. In this book, Luke and Mara Jade become involved in a political mystery while exploring the unexplored regions of the Star Wars galaxy. My only negative is that the author was bogged down trying to tie up a few loose ends from other Star Wars books.
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