Wraith Squadron

Author: Aaron Allston

Setting: Two years after Return of the Jedi

Series: X-Wing (Book 5/9)

Rating: 4/5

Plot: Rogue Squadron has returned home victorious over Ysanne Isard and her fleet. With the bacta fully available the Krytos Plague has been stomped out. Wedge Antilles comes up with a new idea, a pilot-commando squadron. It comes just in time to, as the hunt for Warlord Zsinj begins, Wraith Squadron enters the battlefield.

Review: Don’t get me wrong. I love this book, it has great humor, great fight scenes, and Allston throws in a hottie or two for good measure (hell, can’t go bad with that). It just seems that Allston felt like cloning Rogue Squadron with some rejects who end up fighting one another. Sure, the book was amazing, but why let this be printed rather than something original? All in all, though, the book was worth reading, and the rest of the Wraith Squadron series isn’t a disappointment.