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"The
penultimate book of the Jedi Quest series
follows Anakin and Obi-Wan to Coruscant to uncover a plot to
discredit the Jedi in the eyes of the Senate. What follows is an
unfortunate game of political manipulation and bureaucratic
meandering that drags in places.
"The best thing about this book is we get to see the
relationship between Anakin and Palpatine whilst still in its
infancy. It explains how the two begin a rapport and how Palpatine
begins to subtly control Anakin and his thoughts and passions,
something that gives their interactions on film more grounding. It
also shows how Palpatine's influence begins to break down the
relationship that Obi-Wan had finally managed to build with his
Padawan.
"It is very satisfying to see here that a few of the minor
villains of the series get their just rewards, but it is getting
increasingly vexing watching Omega (and now Zan Arbor also)
constantly getting away, even if the outcome in this case was very
much a foregone conclusion (there is one more book to go in the
series - it doesn't take a genius to work out why they weren't
caught here).
"The False Peace is everything a penultimate book should
be: it wrapped up a few loose ends, set up some points for the next
book and built some tension in preparation for a big finale. But the
political setting did slow things a touch, despite the various
action scenes."
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