Siege


Book Data
Type	Novel
Series	Gambit Duology
Era	Rise of the Empire
	22 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	Karen Miller
Del Rey	25-May-10
Arrow	26-May-11

Synopsis

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are trapped on the Separatist controlled planet Lanteeb, on the run from General Lok Durd and his droid army. After being forced to abandon their jerry-rigged groundcar they continue on foot, hunted, as they try to find a safe place to hide and regroup before escaping the planet altogether. Eventually they seek shelter in a remote Lanteeban village, but the Separatists track them down. Now they're under siege... and the little time they've bought themselves is running out.

Lord Depravus Says

Is this a 5 minute argument or the full half hour? - 06-Sep-11

One of my biggest complaints with the prequels was the lack of depth in Anakin’s turn to the dark side. In Episode III it was a case of “Oh my god I’ve taken Mace Windu’s hand off… Okay I’ll be evil then!”

I also feel that many of the books that deal with Anakin during the Clone Wars didn’t focus enough on portraying his emotional state of mind that led to his downfall.

It appears Karen Miller felt this way too because she seemed intent on cramming all the missing emotional developments into one book. Seriously, like the previous book in this series, it was just page after page of Anakin feeling a bit angry and arguing with Obi-Wan. Then there are the other silly minor characters who also argue a lot about anything and everything. It was like listening to drunken people at the end of a night when they get all emotional for no reason.

Also, the plot was on the thin side and the inability of the two greatest Jedi to do more than just hang around and starve to death was completely out of character and showed nothing like the sort of abilities we see them wielding in the films and the TV series.

Anyway, once all the arguing and pointless debates from the characters had played out, it was as if Karen Miller suddenly remembered there was actually a point to the story and the last few pages read like “Oh yes, we’ve destroyed the weapon” and “Oh great, we’ve been rescued”.

All in all, this book was pretty poor. Still, as I’ve said before, Karen Miller does have a certain quality to her writing and the passion behind her work is evident. This makes what is an otherwise dull and pointless story slightly more bearable in my opinion.