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Book Review By Julie Gilbert
Betrayal by Aaron Allston

The Solo and Skywalker clan find themselves on opposing sides of a brewing war. Fiercely independent Correllia has been secretly building a fleet and reactivated Centerpoint Station to assert its independence from the Galactic Alliance. The jedi, sworn to protect the GA must act. So Luke Skywalker sends his nephew, Jacen Solo, and his own son, Ben Skywalker on the dangerous mission of taking out Centerpoint Station.
The GA sends a task force out to Correllia to show the dissidents that they can't play games forever. (The Correllians want all the benefits of GA membership without helping their neighboring systems.) A spacefight breaks out and the GA admiral must save face by landing troops on Tralus, the fifth planet in the Correllian system at this time.
After taking out Centerpoint, Jacen and Ben along with the rest of the Skywalkers and Solos accompany representatives from Correllia and the GA to a peace conference that ends in disaster. Disaster being a bunch of assassins that take out both sides and leave even the Jedi fighting for their lives.
As much as he hates his cousin, Thracken Sal-Solo, Han Solo finds himself in the unenviable place of having to help him drive GA forces from Tralus. In order to cut down on collateral damage, Han and Wedge Antilles take on the mission to take back Tralus. This pits both men directly against their own daughters, who fly under the GA colors.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 0 %
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: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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