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A review by mtb_za
Hard Contact by Karen Traviss
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
3.25
Decent enough attempt at putting a special forces/military story into Star Wars. A fine popcorn read and a good story for getting inside the heads of clone commando troopers. Definitely fleshes them out more than the movies do.
And, of course, some of the ideas got used in future works. Probably not going to read more of them though, since this ends on a fairly satisfying note.
If not that this was Star Wars, it would be a fairly standard 'special forces adventure' book. If you like that sort of thing, and like Star Wars, a good option. If you like and read a lot of the former, then this probably does not add much to the genre, but is a more gritty take than usual for Star Wars.
And, of course, some of the ideas got used in future works. Probably not going to read more of them though, since this ends on a fairly satisfying note.
If not that this was Star Wars, it would be a fairly standard 'special forces adventure' book. If you like that sort of thing, and like Star Wars, a good option. If you like and read a lot of the former, then this probably does not add much to the genre, but is a more gritty take than usual for Star Wars.