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| Death Troopers |
| BOOK STORY |
| Joe Schreiber |
| Del Rey [US]; Arrow
Books [UK] |
Published as:
Hardback Novel [US only] (2009)
Paperback Novel [UK] (2009) / [US] (2010)
Audio Book (2009) |
| Average review
score: 3.5 /5 (this score
incorporates Poll
results) |
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Death Troopers bookmark [pdf] |
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Synopsis:
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SPOILER WARNING !!
This synopsis contains possible plot spoilers |
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Pressed into action by
Emperor Palpatine, Imperial forces have stepped up
efforts to hunt down and imprison Rebel sympathizers,
shipping them off to newly formed detainment moons via
huge prison barges. By necessity these barges are
floating chambers of degradation and vice, notoriously
unreliable spacecraft staffed by Imperial corrections
officers whose cruelty rivals that of the inmates. The
Imperial Prison Barge Purge is hauling its load
of prisoners, criminals and murderers, human and
non-human, across the galaxy, when it breaks down in
deep space. Soon after, the ship's warden discovers a
derelict Star Destroyer, seemingly abandoned, and sends
a boarding party to scavenge parts to repair the Purge.
Half of them don't come back. The ones that do are
infected with a virus so deadly that within hours, it
has wiped out ninety-nine percent of the barge's
population. But for the handful of survivors - two
brothers, the Purge's female chief medical
officer, and a sadistic captain of the guards, along
with a certain rogue smuggler and his Wookiee sidekick -
the true horror is just begun. Because those inmates and
guards who died of the virus don't stay dead...and when
they come back, they're extremely hungry. Against their
better judgment, the survivors take refuge aboard the
massive creaking emptiness of the Destroyer, only to
discover that its original population has not
disappeared at all - and that they've been waiting for
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Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 1 year before the Battle
of Yavin. |
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Related Stories (in
chronological order):
- Death Troopers
- A New Hope
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Review by Pedro,
England, 2010:
"The concept of the virus was good but it seemed like a typical
zombie story. I liked how it was different to zombie stories in that
it was a virus created by the Empire and that they learned from
things, they weren't typical mindless zombies wondering around. The
fact that the Empire created the virus was interesting, it showed
just how evil it was and how low it would stoop to achieve things.
"I didn't actually find it that scary, and I think that Joe
tried to make it graphic to make is more scary. Sometimes, I think
that making something graphic makes it less scary.
"I suppose adding in Han and Chewie helped the readers latch
onto something familiar, but i think that the book didn't need them
really.
"The book could have been made longer, by extending the end, I
felt it was to abrupt, and by making more of the virus.
"So much hype surrounded it before it was released because it
was the first horror Star Wars novel, but I think it could have been
done a lot better, perhaps by a different author."
Rating: 3 / 5 |
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Review by Jay, USA,
2009:
"Book started out slightly slow but it builds up steam as it
goes and adds a few surprises as you read it. I thought it stayed
true to the Star Wars universe."
Rating: 4 / 5 |
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