Star Wars: Red Harvest

By: Joe Schreiber

Narrated by: John Glover

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

The era of the Old Republic is a dark and dangerous time, as Jedi Knights valiantly battle the Sith Lords and their ruthless armies. But the Sith have disturbing plans—and none more so than the fulfillment of Darth Scabrous’s fanatical dream, which is about to become nightmarish reality.

Unlike those other Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps—young Jedi whose abilities have not proved up to snuff—Hestizo Trace possesses one extraordinary Force talent: a gift with plants. Suddenly her quiet existence among greenhouse and garden specimens is violently destroyed by the arrival of an emissary from Darth Scabrous. For the rare black orchid that she has nurtured and bonded with is the final ingredient in an ancient Sith formula that promises to grant Darth Scabrous his greatest desire.

But at the heart of the formula is a never-before-seen virus that’s worse than fatal—it doesn’t just kill, it transforms. Now the rotting, ravenous dead are rising, driven by a bloodthirsty hunger for all things living—and commanded by a Sith Master with an insatiable lust for power and the ultimate prize: immortality . . . no matter the cost.

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Critic reviews

“Brilliant . . . This book combines two of my favorite things on earth: the Star Wars universe and the undead.” (Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow)

Sith zombies

The pros: This book combines a zombie apocalypse and the Star Wars greatly. Though Death Troopers is a more superior novel. The narrator does a good job. I like how this audiobook twists the John Williams music to give the audio a more eerie vibe. Enjoyed each part where the zombies are in.
The drawbacks: All the Sith students are basically the same. This book does not connect to Death Troopers, though it’s supposed to be a prequel. Does not explain how the Empire got a hold the zombie virus or even how they discovered it in the first place.

Why is everyone hating!

I don’t understand why everyone has something negative to say about this book. You know when you go to listen that it’s a whore Star Wars book and that’s just what you get. It was a little gory for me actually but I thought it was scary in Star Wars and cool. Overall I really liked it

A great addition to the Star Wars Legends

If you could sum up Star Wars: Red Harvest in three words, what would they be?

I cant believe so many people are giving 2 and 3 star ratings. This book rocked. If you liked Death Troopers or Maul: Locked Down then you'll like Red Harvest. Joe Schreiber brought the gore into the Star Wars Galaxy with Red Harvest. I loved it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Wars: Red Harvest?

the moment the first student turned into the undead.

What about John Glover’s performance did you like?

His ability to give each character a distinct voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A Sith Outbreak

Way better than all the other reviews said

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It combines the Sith academy stuff which is one of the most interesting things about the Star Wars expanded universe in my mind with zombies. It's great

What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Wars: Red Harvest?

Just the whole setting that the story paints, you can really imagine the scenes inside inside the Sith academy. And the interactions between the top Sith students and the Masters to see their scheming.
I think the exploration of Darth Scabrous' delving into new dark side powers is what makes this something that you just want more of.

What aspect of John Glover’s performance would you have changed?

Nothing, all of the voices were great, honestly you can feel the darkness and power from each character. Which is great because they're all meant to be dark and powerful.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Moved me? No. But i am now on the hunt for all Star Wars books about the Dark side and the exploration of new powers.

Any additional comments?

I'm surprised the other reviews were so bad. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and i think those that love the exploration of powers and the conflict between the Jedi & the Sith would love this book, especially fans of the Old Republic and the whole expanded universe.

Don't believe the haters!!

Great book. And Lionel Luther is awesome! I was worried when I realized Marc Thompson wasn't reading. In his own way John Glover is great. Marc is great with voices and John is great with feeling. The story is StarWars. I don't know why people get weird cause there are zombies. I like both. Regardless it is all about Sith Alchemy. Very StarWars. To be honest I was worried because I read some bad reviews. I honestly don't think they even listened to it or if they did they went into it with a closed mind. Let's face it Marc Thompson has spoiled is when it comes to audiobooks. Any ways I own every non abridged StarWars Audiobook and will be listening to this one again and again!

Horrible in the best ways. Amazing.

This wonderful piece of art was amazing.
A true masterpiece by both narrator and writer. This is a must, if you are a horror and star wars fan!
I want more like this. Grim horror set in the star wars universe. It's just wow!

The fact that Lionel Luthor (Smallville) narrated it makes it even better!

Absolutely amazing

one of the best star wars books I've listened to. I absolutely love the horror twist in the star wars universe.

Star Wars Zombie

I went in thinking it would be a zombie Star Wars book and well.... I got a Star Wars zombie book. It was fun and helped pass the time but in no way was there any great exploration into the Sith or Jedi conflicts. All the characters were one dimensional but, again, that wasn’t what I was looking for. I recommend if you want a Star Wars and zombie fix ;)

Decent Prequel

Adds some nice background for the Death Troopers, but it's relatively short length and lack of memorable characters make me wish there was more substance.

More zombies

First of all, John Glover does an EXCELLENT job as narrator. He has a strong voice that emotes well without getting ostentatious or repetitive. I particularly enjoyed the neti (a tree-like creature), a fringe character whose speech changed dramatically after a critical turning point in the story.

The problem is that the whole zombie apocalypse thing has just about run its course, and this story is not materially different from Schreiber's previous Star Wars novel, Death Troopers. The characters aren't that engaging and seem wooden, with little bits of background thrown in here and there but not early or deep enough in the story to make the reader/listener care about what happens to them. That one character's introduction is a direct lift off a seminal line from the film "Taken" [okay, Liam Neeson played a Jedi, I get the joke] didn't help, either.

Overall a decent, if redundant, horror slice well played by a veteran audiobook performer, but nothing to write home about.