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Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

By: Delilah S. Dawson
Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
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When the Jedi Order falls, the Inquisitors rise.

From the aftermath of Order 66 comes a new group of former Jedi, each with their own reason to serve the Empire under Darth Vader. Among them is Iskat, who survived the destruction of her old Order to claim a new destiny in the Force. Iskat joins the Inquisitors in the hope of uncovering her hidden past that the Jedi refused to share with her.

©2023 Delilah S. Dawson (P)2023 Penguin Audio Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Star Wars Space Scary Bounty Hunter Interstellar

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Absolutely loved this. I’ve listened to about 30+ books in SW on audible and this is up there. Really cool story.

Incredible prequel story

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A Good DARKSIDE fix for any sith heads, characters new and old to Star Wars fans

Story is good, story teller good also

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This offers us the first proper look into the world of Inquisitors. How they come to be and what it is like. Couldn't stop.

Absolute Recommend for Dark Side Fans

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I couldn't put this down until I finished it as the story is interesting and as seductive as the Dark side. However, I found being inside the titular character's head too grating and repetitive. She's basically an annoying brat just like Anakin, 'everyone is against her, holding her back' etc. Although I understand this is how the author explains the character's fall to the dark side, it is nevertheless too irritating, repetitive and just plain annoying. Plus it's just too similar to Anakin's fall story. The author was also playing a bit loose with the clone wars canon timeline. It states at one point that there's only been around 2 years between the start of the clone wars to order 66 and it completely ignores the battle of Coruscant - that was such a major thing, the battle was raging over Coruscant some 4 or so days before order 66, which would have coincided with the time Iskat and Tualan are sent on a wild goose chase to capture Grievous. It's not possible that the character doesn't even mention that Coruscant was attacked before her mission, or that Dooku was executed at the same time. Those were planet shattering events to be completely ignored when they overlap with the book's timeline. is it too much to ask for writers to have watched at least all the films and animated shows before writing, or at least someone to check for obvious omissions or errors.

Good story but writing style grating and repetitiv

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Certainly need an inquisitor series for all known inquisitors. There’s room to expand their numbers here also and great opportunities to work with. Great book, great potential. Grand Inquisitor story next or fifth brothers.

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I was questioning whether this should be my first to listen to, but decided that it would be a great start. it's so well written, showing the deep emotions behind a character whilst describing the setting and making me shiver in the darkest of moments.

More than what I expected

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I really did enjoy this book it was such an original idea and unique take on both the light and dark side of the force.
some of the characters I'll admit are a tad shallow but mainly because of the immense overshadow of main characters.
my biggest gripe however is in my opinion the way the author chose to squeeze this new character into canon.
Rather than find again interesting and unique ways for her to skirt the clones wars/ rebel shows, Instead a cheap copout.dispite that still good and worth a pickup.
the voice over is 10/10 that lady is passionate about her work.

true to form but left wanting.

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A good story line with another perspective of the Star Wars purge. I prefer the darker Star Wars stories as a rule. I do think the first chunk of the book took a little longer to get going, focussing to much on building the character rather than drama or action. However that is just my opinion.

Good but slow to get going

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was trolly happy with this book the character had a back story unlike Rey skywalker 🙄 Iskat is a killing machine and excellent depth I wish there would be more on her but now I guess not..

Great Character, great story

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This one is in my top five of all Star Wars novels that I've completed so far. Up there with Dark Disciple, Force Unleashed and Kenobi.

This has plenty of action. But, it's also about identity and what happens when you truly accept yourself.

The most interesting parts of Skat's inner world, though, were the many, many lies she had to tell herself to rationalise her behaviour. So many times she'd say something to herself and you almost wonder if she's delusional! But, at the same time, seeing the journey she goes on, you fully understand how the Jedi order could be seen by some as a shallow dogmatic cult that didn't really suit every child with force sensitivity.

The choices made by the order actually seem pretty cruel. And without any significant time with the fan favourites like Obi-wan, it's easy to not feel TOO bad when Order 66 comes around.

If you enjoy books about the Sith and the dark side of the force I think this one is a must-read.

Truly excellent

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