Much improved from the previous in this series. Draws the fight from a galactic free-for-all with tons of characters to a focused, human drama. Very enjoyable read and worthy of a look, even if you don't care for the Vong storyline.
Another exciting entry in the New Jedi Order series. Allston provides an entertaining read as the story follows Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker as they make a shocking discovery that keeps the Yuuzhan Vong from utter domination. Naturally the enemy tracks them down, and it's another breath-taking battle...
I enjoyed the Han/Leia storyline in this book, more than the Luke/Mara storyline part, which took me a while to get through. Maybe it was just me, but parts of the book seemed to get bogged down. A bit too much dependence on plot, and not enough on development and dynamics between characters. Perhaps I'm old-fashioned and just like a lot of character development in my stories, which is probably hard to do in serial-type stories like Star Wars.