Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance

By: Sean Williams

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

BioWare and LucasArts - creators of the hugely popular Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic® video game - have combined their storytelling talents and cutting-edge technology for an innovative new massively multiplayer online role-playing game that allows players to create their own personal Star Wars adventure 3,500 years before the rise of Darth Vader. Now number one New York Times best-selling author Sean Williams brings the world of the game to life in his latest novel, Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance.

Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime cartel, is holding an auction that’s drawing attention from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the Republic and the Sith Empire are present, along with a Jedi Padawan sent to investigate, a disenfranchised trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian with a private agenda. But the Republic’s envoy is not what he seems, the Empire’s delegate is a ruthless Sith apprentice, the Jedi Padawan is determined to do the right thing and terrified that he can’t, the trooper hopes to redeem her reputation, and the Mandalorian is somehow managing to keep one step ahead of everyone.

None of these guests - invited or uninvited - have any intention of participating in the auction. Instead they plan to steal the prize, which is locked inside an impregnable vault: Two burned chunks of an exploded star cruiser, one of which may hold the key to the wealth of an entire world.

But the truth about the treasure is dangerous and deadly. And in the end, Sith and Jedi, Republic and Empire, must do something they’ve never done before, something that all the agents of good and evil could never make them do: Join together to stop a powerful threat that could destroy the galaxy.

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Critic reviews

"This novel is tied in to the Star Wars universe at a stage in its history that is still being explored in print fiction, and it is also the prequel to what promises to be the largest, most ambitious electronic role-playing game yet to be spun off of that universe. With so much riding on its shoulders, the book demands an unusual gift for cracking-good space opera, and that Williams possesses in full measure." ( Booklist)

Solid Star Wars adventure

Although this is part of a 4-book series called Old Republic, all stories seem to stand alone (but within the overall grand Star Wars epic story universe timeline) and can be read in random order - except I think for part 4, which should be read after Fatal Alliance.
As such, each book will introduce brand new characters, which you may never encounter again (except, again, for part 4). As such this book was well-rounded by necessity, with a beginning, middle and end, and a nice plot in between.

I always like it when there are some Sith characters who take center stage, or at least share it with the Jedi (vs. everything revolving around the Jedi only). In Fatal Alliance we get plenty of that, with some Mandolorian, Hutta and pirate on the side.

The typical SW soundtrack and background noises add to a great audio experience with a true SW atmosphere.

So, recommend.

Epic!!

This was exactly what I expected from a Star Wars title, and Mark Thompson's narration was on point for sure. Great plot, sounds added ambiance to the atmosphere and it did an awesome job of transporting you right into the Star Wars universe with all the intensity of what you've cometo expect from Star Wars. I can't wait to grab the next one.

Great Star Wars book

So I have read all of these books & listened to them before many years ago. All 4 books in the old republic series are great I really enjoyed this book especially to be honest revan was the book I liked the least. In my opinion it doesn’t matter if you’ve played the game or not each book is it’s own story none of them connect nor do any mention anyone from the previous book so there is no order you need to listen to them in that part confused me my first time reading them years ago but I learned it did not matter. There are many great Star Wars books to listen to after the old republic series my recommendations would be the Darth Bane trilogy, Darth Plagueis, Both of the Thrawn trilogy’s the one from the 90s & the one from 2017-2019 there’s so many great Star Wars books but these are just a few I would check out.

Twisty

An extraordinarily well written book would recommend to anybody. Some of the things in here really caught me off guard like I was not expecting that overall a really good book, though I wish we would’ve had a raven scene.

Great story

loved it. can't wait to hear the last one. add the water and the water

Very pleased

Following the Star Wars book series in chronological order. This was as good as the first book. Night and day to Red Dawn.

One of the best

The story was much better than I expected. It was very interesting to see the events unfold from so many different angles, while still being able to empathize with all of them on some level.

This is now one of my favorite Star Wars books

Good book

Too bad it is not cannon anymore, it is a shame Disney has taken it way.

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AMAZING!

weather you are a true SW fan or not, this book is super awesome.
Definitely worth every cent.