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Book Review By Zach Ruiz
The Joiner King by Troy Denning

In the Joiner King, the jedi who matured in the NJO are receiving a strange call from the unknown regions, a call for help. They go and are followed by Han and Leia Solo and Luke Skywalker. Upon investigation, they find out that the call is oringinating from a former jedi who has partially becoem a bug. A former jedi has led them into a new lifestlye and they are attacking the chiss people. As Luke and his friends try to figure out why they are being attacked by the bugs, who apparently have short memories, Jaina Solo and Zekk fall closer to being lost forever. They also find signs of a other, secert Dark Nest that is causing harm to the bugs. In the climax, the jedi must use their powers to surivive long enoug to report it back to known space!


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - unraveling a conspiracy
Kind of series - Star Wars
Descript. of chases or violence - 50 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %
If enemy is a group... - foreign govt
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
If magical mental powers: - telekinesis

Main Adversary
Identity: - bug
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Spaceship setting: - one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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