James SA Corey “Honor
Among Thieves” (LucasBooks, 2014)
In the past I’ve not been a big fan of tie-in fiction, but
when I saw this I was very excited. I’m
a big fan of the Expanse series (Corey’s space opera series) & thought that
their aesthetic could do very good things in the Star Wars universe. So what’s the deal and how did it work out?
The setup is simple and fairly small for a galaxy spanning
universe. It’s after the destruction of
the Death Star, but before the Rebels have created much infrastructure of their
own. Han is sent on a mission to smuggle
a rebel spy from an Empire world. One
thing leads to another and it’s a battle for technology that makes the Death
Star look like a pop gun.
How does Corey do? I
was blown away. The characters from the
movies seemed to be spot on in their depictions. The new creations were fitting to what we
know of the SW universe. The plotting
was tight and action packed. I flew
through this novel.
I’m not a hard core SW fan.
So if you are then YMMV. But for
the casual fan, Honor Among Thieves
is a blast.
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