4.0
Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon
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ND-5 and Jaylen Vrax embark on their descent into the galaxy’s underworld in search of answers and opportunity, in this essential prequel to Star Wars Outlaws.
Jaylen Barsha, heir to his family’s immense power and wealth, had his life charted out for him neatly and meticulously by his parents, even though he suspected his neglected half-brother Sliro would be a better fit for the bright corporate future his parents envisioned. Then the Empire stripped it all away on trumped-up charges of conspiracy against his family. Before he can reach Sliro for help redeeming the Barsha name, a battle droid arrives at the family compound with a mission to kill every last member of the Barsha clan. Jaylen manages to fend off the attack as the sole survivor, but realizes the droid, who he reprograms, is his only chance to stay alive. But he can no longer be Jaylen Barsha—he’ll have to live now as Jaylen Vrax.
Former Separatist battle droid ND-5 knows he should be scrap metal, all things considered. He was a proficient contributor to the Separatist cause, but what is a soldier without a war? A trigger without aim? Loyalty is in his programming, and Jaylen, who treats him as more than just a weapon, has earned it. Perhaps, the droid thinks, with a partner he can be more. ND-5 just has to earn Jaylen’s trust.
With the threat against the Barsha clan still shrouded in mystery, the pair has no choice but to leverage the chaos and disappear. They find sanctuary in the anonymity of the underworld, building their reputation among scoundrels, bounty hunters, and crime syndicates. But when their latest score gives the first real clue in years to who sent ND-5 after Jaylen’s family, their biggest opportunity presents a new kind of risk. Do they give up this chance at the wealth and power Jaylen was denied to pursue answers? Or will ambition and the weight of the past shatter their unlikely partnership?
Jaylen Barsha, heir to his family’s immense power and wealth, had his life charted out for him neatly and meticulously by his parents, even though he suspected his neglected half-brother Sliro would be a better fit for the bright corporate future his parents envisioned. Then the Empire stripped it all away on trumped-up charges of conspiracy against his family. Before he can reach Sliro for help redeeming the Barsha name, a battle droid arrives at the family compound with a mission to kill every last member of the Barsha clan. Jaylen manages to fend off the attack as the sole survivor, but realizes the droid, who he reprograms, is his only chance to stay alive. But he can no longer be Jaylen Barsha—he’ll have to live now as Jaylen Vrax.
Former Separatist battle droid ND-5 knows he should be scrap metal, all things considered. He was a proficient contributor to the Separatist cause, but what is a soldier without a war? A trigger without aim? Loyalty is in his programming, and Jaylen, who treats him as more than just a weapon, has earned it. Perhaps, the droid thinks, with a partner he can be more. ND-5 just has to earn Jaylen’s trust.
With the threat against the Barsha clan still shrouded in mystery, the pair has no choice but to leverage the chaos and disappear. They find sanctuary in the anonymity of the underworld, building their reputation among scoundrels, bounty hunters, and crime syndicates. But when their latest score gives the first real clue in years to who sent ND-5 after Jaylen’s family, their biggest opportunity presents a new kind of risk. Do they give up this chance at the wealth and power Jaylen was denied to pursue answers? Or will ambition and the weight of the past shatter their unlikely partnership?
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“A star wars novel prequel to the game Outlaws and a fantastic novel at that.
This is book focuses on characters ND-5 droid companion to Kay Vess, and jaylee vrax, his master, and second (secret antagonist) to the game.
The book focuses on these two years before the time of the game Outlaws and Kay Vess. When two become partners (not really, will explain soon) after Jayleen whole family is alautered by ND-5 by the orders of a mystery killer. The book follows the two as Jayleen takes jobs, hesits, and diving into the glaaxy's underworld of syndicates to find the person reapobalible to his family's slauter.
What this book really is though at its core, is a story of an abusive relationship. Jayleen is a narrastically abusive and controlly person to ND-5 constantly lying to him. Constantly controlling him. Finding any fun or half-truth that will have ND-5 do what he wants. He makes empty promises that will never be fulfilled and tells the droid to "trust him" more then anyone you actually trust would.
If you play the game, by the end of the book too, ND-5 has accepted his statement. He was not a partner, but a prinsoner. Used to bea weapon and tool to Jayleen's wims, no matter the damage that comes to him.
When we reach end of the book, a final three pages that take place after outlaws. We learn that ND-5 now free of Jayleen is more at peace. That Kay Vess is not has stargic, calculating, or cold. But rather the opposite. And though some it can mean trouble for them and be frustrating to the droid, you can tell, even though it's not explicitly said, that this is a much better situation for him.
This book was a full action packed stage wars adventure set in the galaxy underworld, but also a personal story of revenge, obsession, and narrasistc abuse.”
“Incredible use of point of view for the two protagonists. The way that ND-5’s chapters get longer and more in-depth as his personality grows and evolves throughout the story is just such a smart structural choice. All the action pieces are fun and tense and evocative. The characters are the selling point here, and they are done excellently.”
About Mike Chen
Mike Chen is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood, Here and Now and Then, A Quantum Love Story, and other novels, as well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics. He has covered geek culture, and in a different life, covered the NHL. A member of SFWA, Mike lives in the Bay Area with his wife, daughter, and many rescue animals.
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