by Greg Keyes
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The dazzling Star Wars space adventure continues in The New Jedi Order as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph . . .
No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger–and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system–and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind.
At Luke Skywalker’s request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing.
When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, Anakin has few peers. But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends . . .
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Key chapter in the New Jedi Order saga, 2007-09-13
Conquest is the seventh volume in the massive New Jedi Order series, and is the first book in author Greg Keyes' Edge of Victory duology. If found Edge of Victory an interesting title choice for this series-within-a-series, since by the end of Conquest I was still unable to see which faction in this galactic war - the New Republic/Jedi Order or the Yuuzhan Vong invaders - was supposed to be poised for that victory. My guess is that it's the Yuuzhan Vong, since despite some setbacks, their push towards total domination of the galaxy continues unabated. The Jedi Knights and the New Republic government aren't faring nearly as well, with planet after planet falling to the invaders and the general public turning against the Jedi and in many cases hunting them down to appease the would-be conquerors.
Then again, Edge of Victory could refer to Anakin Solo's personal journey as a Jedi, which is the main focus of this book. Anakin, with the aid of a renegade Yuuzhan Vong warrior (!) invades a Vong stronghold on the ruins of the Jedi Academy to rescue his friend (and fellow Jedi) Tahiri, who is held captive by the Yuuzhan Ving shapers. Anakin's journey through the jungles of Yavin 4, going without food and sleep and totally immersing himself in the Force makes for powerful reading, as does the shapers' attempts to turn Tahiri into a dark side-wielding Yuuzhan Vong warrior.
Conquest may just be the finest volume to date in the New Jedi Order saga. Keyes does a fantastic job with this story, showing us not only the major character development of Anakin, but giving plenty of new insights into the Yuuzhan Vong, particularly the warriors, shapers, and Shamed Ones. It's good to know that behind the religious fanaticism and pain obsession, the Yuuzhan Vong are also subject to internal strife, politics, and the kind of personal baggage every flawed individual comes with.
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Exceptional Work! An asset to the Star Wars Legacy!, 2007-05-07
I have read almost the entire series of NJO,(Currently reading "The Unifying Force) and this book and its counterpart, Rebirth are the some of the best books I've read. This book fleshes out the relationship between Anakin Solo and his best friend Tahiri, setting the stage for a stronger relationship in future novels like Rebirth. Mr. Keyes does an excellent job of using plausable dialogue and creating a history of the friendship of the two characters and turning Anakin into a hero rather than a side character.
Ok, on to the specifics. The whole book is about Anakin and Tahiri fighting on Yavin Four. After a failed attempt to get all the younger students off the planet as the Peace Brigade invades and tries to hand over the young Jedi to the Yuuzhan Vong, Tahiri goes back from the shuttle she tries to use to escape and is captured. Anakin, later returning, uses every skill he has to try to rescue her from the Master Shaper, Mezhan Kwaad who is trying to rearrange Tahiri's mind to make her think she was once a Yuuzhan Vong. Anakin sides with a shamed warrior, abandoned by his clan and hunted by them as well, he seeks vegeance against the other Yuuzhan Vong shaper, none other than the Mezhan Kwaad who captured and tortured Tahiri. In the meantime, Jacen and Jaina search for Booster Terik who has a giant red Star Destroyer that could change the flow of the war.
As Anakin reaches the end of his journey, he may have sacrifice some dignity to hide his true Jedi identity as he sneaks into the Yuuzhan Vong camp where Tahiri is held.
This book also sheds more light on who the Yuuzhan Vong are as a species and gives them a more "human" light as Anakin spends more time with the shamed one, Vua Rapung.
Greg Keyes is an exceptional author worthy of note and I highly reccomend his other two books in NJO "Rebirth" and "The Final Prophecy".
Keyes kept the heroism and uplifting theme of the original series alive in his first two novels here, and managed to recover some of the lost ground later in the series. Hats off to Mr. Keyes.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
#7, 2006-05-03
in this one luke is pretty dormant.anakan solo can read his mind.and as powerful as lukes mind is,the kid is really mastering the force fast.a story is told where a snake was near him and he stopped its heart as a child.his r2 unit i mentioned in my last review is dubbed r-5.he uns into his childhood playmate tahiri and the seeds of great things are planted.she thinks hes hot and he likewise at her.actualy all the girls like anakan.especialy the young jedi chicks so he had his pick of the place.they[anakan and tahiri have a truly unique love scene where they dont touch but use the force to do the work.soon enough thier feelings come out slowly.master ithrik predicts great things for the 2 as he dies.anakan does not take his death well and gets arrogant and mean.then she is captured bu the vong.geez i better stop going on about these 2 b4 you think this is a romance novel.this is a SCI FI book.the jedis are betrayed far and wide to appease the vong and to keep the peace.even the peace brigade and local police get in on the act.the peace brigade even attack the jedi children and turn them in,knowing full well of the 1984 like methods the ving will use on them.so needless to say the peace brigade and vong are both horrible beyond words.even on the republic there is dissention as a high up allows vong to enter planets.kyp,an older jedi,gets support from other jedi about a new more affressive philosophy.more sith-like.anakan solo is still making headlines as he finds way to sense the vongs presence.he destroyed a spaceship,more vong,got his shoulder injured,went indercover as a vong slave all too rescue his love.his methods are not only truly remarkable but uniqye and way cool.the vong hate tech in any form.on one planer they go genocidal on all the droids.thier definition of peace is "willing sibmission".so you can tell theyre not right in the head.the vong also kill eachother and thier peace brigade allies for failure.thier bio-engineering is really neat.stuff like growing moons.they tortured and brainwashed tahiri before anakan got to her.a high up vong admits in ftont of a large crowf that there are no vong gods and all the stuff they know was implanted by them.that is virtual suicide in the geavily religous vong society.even the dirty old repuclic calls for the arrest of luke skywalker for unsactioned military actions.in other words its a world full of chaos and no one can trust anyone.
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Anakin the hero, 2006-01-13
I really liked this book because how Anakin saved Tahiri from her capture and how he helped the shamed ones get their courage back, what i saw in this book was Anakin developement in the force such as the lambent in his lightsaber but the whole book is great from start to finish i recomend you read this book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Anakin the hero, 2006-01-13
I really liked this book because how Anakin saved Tahiri from her capture and how he helped the shamed ones get their courage back, what i saw in this book was Anakin developement in the force such as the lambent in his lightsaber but the whole book is great from start to finish i recomend you read this book.
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