Star Wars: Shatterpoint

Star Wars: Shatterpoint

by
Matthew Woodring Stover

Synopsis of Star Wars: Shatterpoint

Mace Windu is a living legend: Jedi Master, senior member of the Jedi Council, skilled diplomat, devastating fighter. Some say he is the deadliest man alive. But he is a man of peace...and for the first time in a thousand years, the galaxy is at war.

Now, following the momentous events climaxing in the Battle of Geonosis, Master Mace Windu must undertake a perilous homecoming to his native world'to defuse a potentially catastrophic crisis for the Republic . . . and to confront a terrifying mystery with dire personal consequences.

The jungle planet of Haruun Kal, the homeworld Mace barely remembers, has become a battleground in the increasing hostilities between the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement. The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba...Mace's former Padawan and fellow Council member'to Haruun Kal to train the local tribesmen as a guerilla resistance force, to fight against the Separatists who control the planet and its strategic star system with their droid armies. But now the Separatists have pulled back, and Depa has not returned. The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic recording left at the scene of a brutal massacre: a recording that hints of madness and murder, and the darkness in the jungle . . . a recording in Depa's own voice.

Mace Windu trained her. Only he can find her. Only he can learn what has changed her. Only he can stop her.

Jedi were never intended to be soldiers. But now they have no choice. Mace must journey alone into the most treacherous jungle in the galaxy...and into his own heritage. He will leave behind the Republic he serves, the civilization he believes in, everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan. And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid, when keepers of the peace are forced to make war. . . .

Reviews of Star Wars: Shatterpoint

90%

The best STAR WARS novel in recent memory -- Chris Wyatt, Cinescape

Overall, Shatterpoint is one of the more satisfying Star Wars reads I've had in a while. -- Scott Chitwood, The Force.net

Shatterpoint delivers in a big way. -- Nick Hes, The Force.net

On par with what Matthew Stover has shown himself capable of, Shatterpoint is another one of the best Star Wars novels. -- Mervius, The Fantastica Daily

The Book is good, with enough twists to keep you guessing till the end and although it is far away from the rich technology of the Clone Wars, masses of armies smashing against each other in titanic engagements, the battles fought are just as fierce and even more so. -- Charlie Brine, Sci-Fi Online