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Good choice!
Thank you @VikingBooks for sending me a hardcover book to do a review on.
I do remember enjoying the reads, but unlike the Flemings I don't do regular re-reads of the continuation books.
The only ones I've re-read are Colonel Sun, the Pearson book and some of the screen-story adaptations (the first four to be exact)
The Union books though, were quite readable I found.
Story details and such are probably available at Wikipedia, but that's hardly a revelation.
by Ruth Edna Kelley
[1919]
Bit early, but best to get your practice in! :)
Oh I need to find that one! Although I would not read it until October.
DARK FORCE RISING
Timothy Zahn's HEIR TO THE EMPIRE (1991) had kicked off an energetic post-Endor adventure, entirely in the vein of Lucas' famous trilogy. Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Chewbacca, Ackbar, Mon Mothma, Wedge, 3PO and R2 were all there as leads in the story. But the novel also introduced Joru(u)s C'baoth, Talon Karrde, Mara Jade, Gilad Pellaeon and of course Grand Admiral Thrawn, all of whom would swiftly become some of the most beloved EU characters in the Star Wars universe. Its sequel, DARK FORCE RISING (1992), picked things up where Heir had left them.
A sinister pre-Endor fleet of ships is of interest to the Imperial remnants under the disciplined leadership of Grand Admiral Thrawn, as well as to the New Republican forces. Whoever reaches this fleet first, may use its firepower to its advantage. Meanwhile, Mara Jade, who still insists that she has a score to settle with Luke for something he did to her in the past, finds herself and her smuggler partner Karrde in deep trouble when Thrawn closes in on them and discovers their dangerous little games. Political intrigue in the higher echelons of the New Republic and a dangerous old Jedi plotting behind everyone's back, serve only to further complicate things. It becomes obvious that Endor had been but one victory in a long series of many more to have, even if Vader and Palpatine had been disposed of then.
Zahn's prose reads like scenes directly lifted from the script of a sequel trilogy to RETURN OF THE JEDI, done in the 90s. One feels right at home with these books; they're very rich in the 'Star Wars X factor'. When there are slower parts, they are heavy on geek pleasing dialogue. When the action kicks in, it does so effectively. And hints of more interesting stuff happening in the concluding third novel give one a healthy appetite for reading on. This is great stuff to a Star Wars fan.
5/5
Over on the Kindle, I'm reading A Talent To Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley. I love Coward; I'd sell my soul to the devil for a quarter of his wit. Less than a quarter.
This is a top notch mystery series, but this latest entry is on par with some of the best books in the series.
Good series indeed they belong to my annual must-buys for quite some years.
Its got some neat twists.
I'm not sure what to make of Constance, but still have about 150 pages to go
BY
LAFCADIO HEARN
The Macmillan Company, New York [1904]
Good to know. Almost done this one. It's coming together nicely
I've read the complete works of Preston&Child as a team, (not their solo stuff) including all the non-Pendergast stuff.
Written by Aziz Ansari. So far I've only read the intro which is funny and already relatable. Ansari talks about how modern day romance works and how different it is compared to a time before the internet.
Well you know the good stuff to read.
Some of their solo work in enjoyable as well, I tend to grab it when I come across it but rarely seek it out.
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That was an interesting finish. Poor Agent Pendergast . Such an emotionally devestating ending.
Truly entertaining action story. A mix of the occult and espionage, defending the empire. Set in the
1920s Mark Gatiss has a great descriptive style, some beautiful and witty turns of phrase. The story
Has elements of Fleming ( a spy/assassin working for the secret service ) and Dennis Wheatley ( The
Devil rides out etc ) this is the second of three books with Gatiss's hero Lucifer Box. I'll definitely be
Checking out the others.
An abridged version is available on the BBC radio player over five half hour episodes read by Mark Gatiss.
Worked the odd homage to 007 in to the Sherlock series. Although his hero
Lucifer Box, is very different to Bond in one aspect as he's Bi-sexual.
MacInnes specialises in amateurs and innocents thrown into danger and intrigue. I read a lot of her novels when I was a teenager but I seem to have got rid of them all except The Venetian Affair. Pity - I feel like rediscovering them now.