Last Shot

A Han and Lando Novel

De: Daniel José Older

Narrado por: Marc Thompson, Daniel José Older, January LaVoy

New York Times Best Seller

Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are reunited on the Millennium Falcon in a galaxy-spanning novel inspired by Solo: A Star Wars Story. But even the fastest ship in the galaxy can’t outrun the past...

THEN:

It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren’t your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize - first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca. But the device’s creator, the volatile criminal Fyzen Gor, isn’t interested in sharing. And Gor knows how to hold a grudge....

NOW:

It’s been 10 years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn’t given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han’s doorstep in the middle of the night, it’s Fyzen’s assassins that he’s running from. And without Han’s help, Lando - and all life on Cloud City - will be annihilated.

With the assistance of a young hotshot pilot, an Ewok slicer prodigy, the woman who might be the love of Lando’s life, and Han’s best and furriest friend, the two most notorious scoundrels in the New Republic are working together once more. They’ll have to journey across the stars - and into the past - before Gor uses the device’s power to reshape the galaxy.

Praise for Last Shot:

“Action-packed in all the right ways.” (Tordotcom)

“A fun, breezy read, with plenty of humor, Ewok hackers, murderous robots, and rousing fight scenes as Han and Lando go from scrape to scrape [to] track down a long-forgotten enemy.” (The Verge)

“The flat-out funniest Star Wars novel to date.” (Alternative Nation)

©2018 Daniel Jose Older (P)2018 Random House Audio

Action!

This is not your normal canon Star Wars story. The weirdness we love about SW gets pushed to an 11. The love story is amazing. The suspense is breath taking. The narration places you in a different mood with each narrator. Daniel's narration was as good as it was in A Certain Point of View. A few times I got lost and had to back track but that's probably my fault. Some times I'd be confused and the very next sentence explained what I was missing. I love this book. It may have dethroned Lost Stars.

good yet distracting

The 3 different timelines made it confusing at times. A index, glossery, and several maps would make this easier. Probably easier in the print version. The stories were good, but I wish the chapters were longer so it wouldn't bounce around so much. Voice acting and performance was marvellous, the performance made more sense of things. A narrator per story line.

Great new Storyline

I like that Last Shot takes us back and forth between pre-New Hope and after Return of the Jedi within developing the characters

Marc Thompson rules

Marc Thompson should read every audio book. his voices have a way of really bringing you into the book!

The Author’s Performance

I enjoyed the narration from Marc Thompson as well as January LaVoy, but for whatever reason the performance by Daniel José Older dropped the performance rating for me. Overall, it is very well done and executed, but Daniel falls short when paired next to Thompson and LaVoy.

Anyone that is interested in a reminiscent legends style adventure will be pleased with this canon addition to Han and Lando’s adventures. It is another great addition to the Star Wars canon material.

Ready to see SOLO!

Initially I was caught off guard by the trio of narrators but it worked out well and kept the pacing fresh. Having the author directly involved in the performance usually adds to the quality in my opinion. Similar to how the author, Dalton Trumblo, directing the film adaptation of their book added a strong air of legitimacy.

I couldn't get into this book......

This was the first Star wars book that I actually had trouble getting through because I did not enjoy the story. Most books I have read in the Star Wars series are real page-turners but this one seemed to drag on. I did not care for the author's narration style in the flashback sequences in the book. When you're used to Mark Thompson it's a bit jolting to suddenly have a different style thrust upon you as Han Solo. A real "Meh" experience.

Great story, ruined by “they”

I loved this story. Which is why I found it so nails-on-chalkboard-excruciating when the author insisted on shoehorning an attempt at the horrible gender-neutral-singular use of “they” for the pilot. It is jarring and snapped
me out of the story every time.

pretty solid with some questionable tidbits

Thompson nails it. Story was good, but some odd choices by Older at times though.

Fun starwars story.

I definitely enjoyed this book. Though it's not that entertaining. Han Solo is definitely my favorite Star Wars character. And I did enjoy this book and I was very interested in finding out the ending. However, I don't know I guess it was kind of boring? The performances were quite good. I did find Han kind of annoying at some points it seems they made him get very annoyed too quickly. Now I know his personality is kind of like that but it was a bit irritating how much he was getting irritated in the book. I think Star Wars fans would enjoy this novel.