INFERNO - by Troy Denning

"Yeah? Well, there is no Jacen Solo now. Jacen Solo is dead. My son wouldn't do this." ~ Han Solo in INFERNO

Civil War is raging! While the Jedi have virtually lost Luke Skywalker to grief, Jacen Solo is moving fast, gathering his supporters, and growing in the Dark Side. Now being called by his Sith name, Darth Caedus, Jacen gets a new apprentice and continues to do dastardly things and make enemies. Ben Skywalker has his suspicions about who was responsible for his mother's death, and makes a risky plan. Han and Leia Solo make for Kashyyyk to try to draw the Wookies' support from their son, but Caedus has been sending squads to arrest his parents more and more frequently, and doesn't plan to let them get away now. Will he continue to get the support he needs to make the galaxy his? Will Ben succeed in his schemes?

As I always say, for the avid STAR WARS novel reader - Estupendo! If it's your first time to pick one up - don't go for this series and read the THRAWN TRILOGY instead. Troy Denning's great about keeping his books pretty clean, and he is a fantastic writer. This book in particular has more lightsaber fights than others, and you will get all the physical punching and kicking while reading it too. The LEGACY OF THE FORCE SERIES is getting scarier now, with Jacen a full-blown Sith and his relatives fighting against his cruelty. But now is when you pull away from Jacen as a person and see him as a bad guy - a bigger, badder, and smarter Vader without the need for the mask.

Author(s): Troy Denning ~ Cover artist: Jason Felix ~ Publisher: Del Rey ~ Release date: August 28, 2007 ~ Media type: Paperback ~ Pages: 312 ~ ISBN: 0345477552