Star Wars: Legacy of the Force #7: Fury

By: Aaron Allston

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Fighting alongside the Corellian rebels, Han and Leia are locked in a war against their son, Jacen, who grows more powerful and more dangerous with each passing day. Nothing can stop Jacen's determination to bring peace with a glorious Galactic Alliance victory - whatever the price.

While Luke grieves the loss of his beloved wife and deals with the guilt over killing the wrong person in retaliation, Jaina, Jag, and Zekk hunt for the real assassin, unaware that the culprit commands Sith powers that can cloud their minds and misdirect their attacks - and even turn them back on themselves.

As Luke and Ben Skywalker struggle to find their place among the chaos, Jacen, shunned by friends and family, launches an invasion to rescue the only person still loyal to him. But with the battle raging on, and the galaxy growing more turbulent and riotous, there's no question that it is Jacen who is most wanted - dead or alive.

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©2007 Aaron Allston (P)2007 Random House, Inc.

No more abridgement!

What disappointed you about Star Wars?

Great story and the narrator Marc Tompson is fantastic. These abridged versions however are a huge disappointment. I will finish the rest of this story but will no longer give up my credits or purchase any more of these abridged versions ever again. It sucks that the producers and random house audio have created so many abridged books.. They are a huge let down. I feel some what ripped off. I have some titles that are 40+ hours of content and cost 1 credit. These are barely 6 hrs and are so chopped up as to take more away they give.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger! At the abridgement!

Great Series! Great production!

Very well done for a Star Wars audiobook. Even though it is abridged, the 6 hour run-time leaves enough material to make this audiobook entertaining. That said, you can still notice gaps where, I assume, material was cut out for the abridgement. This can be annoying after a while. I won't beat around the bush, I loathe any abridgement and I would encourage people to complain to the publisher so that they will begin releasing unabridged versions of these books. Other than that, this book was excellent. Marc Thompson is one of the most talented narrators that I have heard. It is a pleasure to listen to him. The different character voices that he assumes throughout the book are executed flawlessly and I had to keep reminding myself that it was the same person speaking. The writing, sound production, and music were all top notch. I would give this 5 stars if not for the abridgement.

One last thing, stay away from any of the star wars audiobooks that are less than 6 hours in length. They are so butchered by the abridgements, that they are not worth your time or money. Quite a few of these are narrated by Anthony Heald and he is just plain awful. I found this out the hard way. Just remember, Anthony Heald = extremely poor narration. Jonathan Davis = Extremely good narration. Marc Thompson = Outstanding narration.

No More Abridged Books !

I've been a huge Star Wars fan since I was kid and saw the original movie for a friend's birthday party on May 29, 1977, but I don't think I'll be buying any more SW books...

A) The abridged versions are terrible. A big part of the SW universe is the description, most of which is cut out in the abridgement.

2) The current and future books are all in nine-or-ten part series. It seems like the authors and publishers are just stringing the readers along... A single story from beginning to end costs well over $100.

Good story

Good story and reading. I liked the extra sound effects and music which added to the story.

Beautiful Story and emotional

Loving every second of this series and so many more to go it’s such a good story yet it’s hard listening to a amazing characters fall to the dark side, just like Anakin. all the emotions are so intense.
me and my wife are so invested in this.

Still love this series after 3 times through it.

This is my 3rd time reading this series but the first listening to it. I really like how Marc Thompson performers it and how the music and sound effects add to the story. My only criticism is that I really wish it wasn't abridged. the parts that are cut aren't that critical to the plot but are still missed and help to make the story richer.

So disappointed these are abridged

I got sucked in with the first book of this series. I love the story line and the performance is five stars all the way. I had to keep buying each additional book I had to know the outcome.

Enjoying the series

Book 7 and two more to go. Legacy of the force has been one surprise after the other.

Would be 5 stars if it was unabridged.

I cant stand all the abridged legends books. Put them all on the essential list and redo them the right way.

Favorite book in this series so far.

This book kept my interest the entire time. Enjoyed it very much. can't wait to listen to the next one.

Star Wars Legacy

Marc Thompson is the stand-out star for the Star Wars audio books. It's a shame these are only available as abridged versions.

two thumbs up

love this story line. you can see what they took from here and used in Canon.

Spoiler

Send a team of lowly Jedi that jacen makes mince meat out of to place a tracker on him so then a stronger Jedi team can find him later

With plot like this it can’t be worth anymore than a single star

This legacy of the force opus has to be sole of the clumsiest Star Wars plot I’ve read

Great great

Awesome and well worth a listen. Would listen to it all again. Great to hear.

Good fun.

Lots of action, space battles and light sabre fights. Worth a read if you like star wars.

Great

gets better and better all the time story keeps on edge a must listen cool.