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“One may learn a great deal of a people by the stories they tell of others.”
I liked the character in Star Wars: Rebels. If you haven’t seen it, you don’t need to. All you need to know is he’s a tactical genius which this book makes very obvious. And this is a prequel anyway. The story is told from the empire's perspective. They land on a remote planet and someone in the forest takes out a squadron of stormtroopers single-handedly. The blue skinned and red eyed Mitth’raw’nuruodo (Thrawn) eventually surrenders but the emperor is impressed with him and sends him to a military academy.
A lot of the book is told from Eli Vanto's point of view. He acts as Thrawn’s translator and assistant. Which he hates because there is little chance of promotion while Thrawn rises through the ranks quicker than anyone. There’s also Arihnda Pryce, who I personally didn’t find as interesting.
Overall this was a good story, though a little dry and predictable. It’s got space battles, pirates and all that. And every chapter starts with a quote that sounds like it was ripped from Machiavelli. Would recommend it to Star Wars fans.
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Baptism of Fire (The Witcher #5)
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