An Indepth Look Into A Geek's Soul

The second book that I read for my resolution was Star Wars The Old Republic:  Fatal Alliance.  The book details the events leading up the the upcoming Bioware game, Star Wars the Old Republic.

The book was pretty much what you expect from a video game book.  Lots of action, a good enough plot, and somewhat memorable characters.  The book is told from the point of view of various characters that are meant to represent the different character classes in the video game.  It was interesting to see how the different classes might interact with each other, though it all seems kind of weird how they work together, especially because everyone seemed to be helpful on the Republic side and splintered on the Empire's side.

I found the main enemy of the book to be pretty sweet, if very hard to picture.  They are these hexagonal robots with hands at each one of their points who can self replicate and join to others to form even weirder shapes.  The only problem I had with them were that they went from impossible to deafeat to rather easy for anyone to take down.  That part didnt'n make sense.  I blame that entirely on the ending, which was rather confusing and felt a little rushed to me.  Still, if you like Star Wars books, you would like this one too.

Peace Out.