• Annihilation

  • Star Wars: The Old Republic, Book 4
  • By: Drew Karpyshyn
  • Narrated by: Marc Thompson
  • Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,134 ratings)

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Annihilation

By: Drew Karpyshyn
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
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Based on the epic videogame from BioWare and LucasArts.

The Sith Empire is in flux. The Emperor is missing, presumed dead, and an ambitious Sith lord’s attempt to seize the throne has ended fatally. Still, Darth Karrid, commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiser Ascendant Spear, continues her relentless efforts to achieve total Sith domination of the galaxy.

But Karrid’s ruthless determination is more than matched in the steely resolve of Theron Shan, whose unfinished business with the Empire could change the course of the war for good. Though the son of a Jedi master, Theron does not wield the Force - but like his renowned mother, the spirit of rebellion is in his blood. As a top covert agent for the Republic, he struck a crucial blow against the Empire by exposing and destroying a Sith superweapon arsenal - which makes him the ideal operative for a daring and dangerous mission to end Ascendant Spear’s reign of terror.

Joined by hot-headed smuggler Teff’ith, with whom he has an inexplicable bond, and wise Jedi warrior Gnost-Dural, Darth Karrid’s former master, Theron must match wits and weapons with a battle-tested crew of the most cold-blooded dark-side disciples. But time is brutally short. And if they don’t seize their one chance to succeed, they will surely have countless opportunities to die.

©2012 Drew Karpyshyn (P)2012 Random House Audio

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Love The Narrator!

Marc Thompson and the myriad of different voices he uses fully immersed me into the story. I listen to audiobooks on my hour long drive to and from work. Helps me look forward to the drive!

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A great end to the SWTOR books

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the last SWTOR book. Great character development from the Game, interesting story and great narration! Highly recommended

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Excellent story, an excellent narration!!

I absolutely love this narrator. He really brings the stories to life and it’s really impressive. How many different voices he is able to do. The story is really cool. The combination of Sith energy with a ship was a really neat plot I thought. I would definitely recommend this one. Probably my second favorite of all of the stories I’ve read so far

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FUNNY

Out of all the Star Wars books that I have read and listen to, this is got to be the funniest book I have ever had! There a few scenes in here that are hilarious. To me anyways. There's one scene at the end where Theron waves his fingers in the air and asks his Jedi companion (I forgot his name) to use the Force. And he replies "the force is not as easy to use then you think!" And don't get me started on the Twi'lek...
So definitely give this book a try, in my opinion!

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awesome book

this book was great I couldn't stop listening. Have purchased all of the old republic series hope to have the same results

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As always, the Old Republic books are the best.

The performance of the narrator is outstanding. He is able to switch voices so smoothly that you begin to think there are multiple people telling the story.

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unexpectedly a very good story

very good story. listen to it on my way to work everyday and found myself sitting in the car in the parking lot of my work because I didn't want to stop listening

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Best SW book I've read in a while...

I've read a couple dozen SW books and this one was easily a top 3... And the main character isn't a Jedi or a Sith, nice job.

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really good

I have to say this was one of the better books from the series so far. well written and exciting

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Great story

Once again Marc Thompson does it again with his impressive voice work bringing this Star Wars book alive. This book has a great performance and great story. Ties in the SWTOR game pretty well with this backstory of characters you see in the game. You don't need to play the game to enjoy this story though.

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