Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Aaron Allston
Publisher: Del Rey
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0345477561
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780345477569
ASIN: 0345477561
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
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Fighting alongside the Corellian rebels, Han and Leia are locked in a war against their son Jacen, who grows more powerful and more dangerous with each passing day. Nothing can stop Jacen’s determination to bring peace with a glorious Galactic Alliance victory–whatever the price.
While Luke grieves the loss of his beloved wife and deals with his guilt over killing the wrong person in retaliation, Jaina, Jag, and Zekk hunt for the real assassin, unaware that the culprit commands Sith powers that can cloud their minds and misdirect their attacks–and even turn them back on themselves.
As Luke and Ben Skywalker struggle to find their place among the chaos, Jacen, shunned by friends and family, launches an invasion to rescue the only person still loyal to him. But with the battle raging on, and the galaxy growing more turbulent and riotous, there’s no question that it is Jacen who is most wanted: dead or alive.
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 not too bad November 10, 2008
i like the star wars books mostly because of their psychological aspect, and this book just didn't have much of it. i'm giving it 4 stars only because both and like finally are starting to make sense and the game is no longer "i know something but i won't tell anyone what it is!". what i didn't like is the fact that jacen is very steadily going down the dumb path, and not the dark one. he gets dumber and dumber with every book.. why??? we want to see him darker and darker, not dumber and dumber...
i found the first half of the book very boring. the second half though was pretty good - lots of things happened.
 The Force Is Not As Strong As It Should Have Been With This Series October 21, 2008
Well I guess I better start out by clearly stating that this review is based upon the entire "Legacy of the Force" series and not solely on this particular book. With that in mind, this same review will be posted on each book in the series under the same guidelines, as a review on the entire series, not just a single book in the series. With that in mind, here goes...
My first comment is that the overall feel for this series seems to be a bit off. Now I don't know if it is me, or if other readers got the same impression. I have the tendency to believe that it was due in part to having more than one author writing the series, rather than having just a single author write all nine (9) books in the series. There are definitely some books in the series that are much better written than others, not that any of these authors are bad by any means, it just feels like something got lost somewhere in the shuffle. Like I said, maybe it's just me.
The plot of the series is pretty good, with Jacen Solo turning over to the dark side and following in his grandfather's footsteps, while at the same time cementing his hold on the galaxy itself and attempting to get Luke and Mara's son Ben to become his apprentice. This of course put everyone on a collision course that makes it even more interesting because of the family ties involved.
However, did any other readers feel like Jacen was merely a punk trying to be Sith Lord? Or once again is it just me. I felt that the other Sith in the story, were much better portrayed as true Sith and that Jacen was merely being used as a puppet to an even greater Sith who has of yet been unrevealed. Which would make the story much better with that back-story alone instead of the predominant one.
I did really enjoy Jaina's relationship with Boba Fett and the Mandalorians and that alone brought the whole series an extra star and a half in my book.
I was saddened to see the demise of one of my favorite characters as I felt that this character had so much more to offer than the pipsqueak wannabee Sith, Jacen Solo.
I would recommend this series as it is "Star Wars," and therefore, a definite must read for those of us who are one with the force. However, please be forewarned that the various books in the series seem to have a rollercoaster of up and down moments and the whole series as a whole could have been much better if written by only one author rather than several.
Here are the links for each individual book in the series starting with the first one.
Betrayal (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 1)
Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2)
Tempest (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 3)
Exile (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 4)
Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)
Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 6)
Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7)
Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8)
Invincible (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force)
Shawn Kovacich
Star Wars Fan and Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.
Loved This Book!!! July 24, 2008
LOVED this book!
The continuation of the "Star Wars Universe" is a better place for having this story in it!
Legacy of the Force: Fury April 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a disappointing read after 'Inferno'. Aaron Allston writes a good book, but this book wasn't the greatest.
Jacen/Caedus is very pathetic in this. Kidnapping his daughter to force his secret lover to turn her fleets over to him. How unbeleivable can you get! He spends a lot of time fuming about how unfair the rest of the galaxy is and how he is only doing what is best. To end this book he strangles, using the Force, a junior officer because she was not able to predict that a shuttle actually contained Luke, Ben, Han, Leia, another Jedi and some others to destract Jacen/Caedus and rescue Allana.
The Jedi are trying, unsuccessfully, to kill Jacen/Caedus and so far have succeeded in planting a tracer on him. Hopefully he won't change his clothes.
The Allana passages read like something out of a children's book. They could have been a book of their own. "What will I do if Jacen doesn't say the special words?" Ha, Ha, Ha.
Luke is still greiving over Mara's death and Ben is a little childish in the first half of the book. At least he grows up in the end.
Han and Leia have some very interesting scenes in this book. They had to go to some rather extreme lengths to gather some imformation to help Jaina, Jag, and Zekk track down Alema Rar. Now they have a good way to locate Jacen's/Caedus's ship.
Jaina, Jag, and Zekk are getting very close to locating Alema Rar. The breastplate and crushgaunts that Boba Fett sent proved very effective in the scene on the astroid. I won't say anymore on this cause that would be a spoiler.
The Confederation has unleashed an ancient superweapon in the Corellia system.
Luke and the Jedi plan an operation to rescue Allana and to destroy Centerpoint Station.
Wedge and Tycho get some brief scenes in this book and are now semi-allied with the Jedi, at least that is the case with Tycho, Wedge is diffently on the side of the Jedi.
I recommend this book only if you have read some of the other books in this series or have read a lot of the reviews for these book. Otherwise, you could skip this book.
May the Force be with us!!
 Skip This One March 24, 2008
It is very rare when a book that is ostensibly part of a series can actually be skipped altogether. This is ultimately the case with Fury, a book that ends with every character in exactly the same place they were when the book began. If you skip Fury altogether, you won't miss anything. It fails to advance any of the story arcs, and those few changes that do occur end up being reversed by the end of the story. As just one example, Jacen begins the story by abducting his daughter. By the end of the story, she has been abducted back and Jacen is once again alone in the galaxy. Sadly, this is what happens with every ongoing story arc in the series: A change happens at the beginning of the book, but things are returned to the status quo by the end of the book.
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