Twilight Company
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Ratings9
Average rating3.3
The bravest soldiers. The toughest warriors. The ultimate survivors. Among the stars and across the vast expanses of space, the Galactic Civil War rages. On the battlefields of multiple worlds in the Mid Rim, legions of ruthless stormtroopersâe"bent on crushing resistance to the Empire wherever it arisesâe"are waging close and brutal combat against an armada of freedom fighters. In the streets and alleys of ravaged cities, the front-line forces of the Rebel Alliance are taking the fight to the enemy, pushing deeper into Imperial territory and grappling with the savage flesh-and-blood realities of war on the ground. Leading the charge are the soldiersâe"men and women, human and nonhumanâe"of the Sixty-First Mobile Infantry, better known as Twilight Company. Hard-bitten, war-weary, and ferociously loyal to one another, the members of this renegade outfit doggedly survive where others perish, and defiance is their most powerful weapon against the deadliest odds. When orders come down for the rebels to fall back in the face of superior opposition numbers and firepower, Twilight reluctantly complies. Then an unlikely ally radically changes the strategic equationâe"and gives the Allianceâe(tm)s hardest-fighting warriors a crucial chance to turn retreat into resurgence. Orders or not, alone and outgunned but unbowed, Twilight Company locks, loads, and prepares to make its boldest maneuverâe"trading down-and-dirty battle in the trenches for a game-changing strike at the ultimate target: the very heart of the Empireâe(tm)s military machine.
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I was keeping this book for last in my readings of the new Star Wars canon, mostly because I didn't think this one would interest me that much. I figured this one would spend most of its time on the war, at the cost of developing its characters, but boy was I wrong.
Don't get me wrong though, there's still plenty of battles and fighting in this, and there's characters that you'll grow to like that will eventually die (and you won't be there to witness all of them), but it's still a thrilling read.
We follow various POV characters throughout the book, but the main character is Hazram Namir, a sergeant in Twilight Company. He's a rebel who doesn't believe in the rebellion, which I found very interesting. Though he does get very frustrating at times, but it's also part of what I like about it. He's not 100% a good guy.
We also follow some other characters in Twilight Company, and then also other sides of the war - like the Imperial side and even that of one of the Stormtroopers. It was interesting to see their motivation and why they were doing what they were doing, but in the end I think I would have liked to spend a bit more time with them, just so their stories would have a bit more impact than they did.
But overall, a very enjoyable read. When it was time for the Hoth battle (and its aftermath) I could not put it down. I also very much enjoyed the characters a lot. Even the ones I was never sure how to feel about (looking at you, Governor Chalis!) but I didn't think there was ever a weak point.
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