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A review by jaredkwheeler
Crossfire by Peter Bollinger, Terry Bisson
3.0
Star Wars Legends Project #104
Background: Crossfire was written by [author:Terry Bisson|73422] and published in November 2002. Bisson wrote this and the first book in the Boba Fett series (my review), but has no other Star Wars credits. He is a successful science fiction writer who is best known for his short stories.
Crossfire takes place about a month after the Battle of Geonosis, 22 years before the battle of Yavin. The young Boba Fett is the main character, along with Aurra Sing and Count Dooku. The story takes place mostly on Raxus Prime and Bespin.
Summary: Young Boba Fett has been delivered to Count Dooku by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing, and she has taken his beloved ship, Slave I, as payment. Dooku should be able to give Boba access to his father's fortune, but he seems more interested in making sure Boba doesn't tell anyone that it was Dooku who personally engineered the conflict that has engulfed the galaxy. Meanwhile, the Republic is hot on Dooku's trail, and Boba knows they're looking for him as well. It seems he can't stay out of the crossfire.
Review: After a not-too-promising beginning, this entry in the series ended up not being so bad after all. Boba initially finds himself more-or-less a prisoner in Count Dooku's base on the most toxic planet in the galaxy, but that soon changes and he ends up in Republic hands. Bisson gets a lot of mileage out of his premise that no one pays much attention to a kid who isn't bothering anyone, which allows Boba to do a lot of roaming that should be otherwise impossible.
The central feature of this story is Boba's first friendship with another kid,what he learns from the experience, and how it affects him. This bit in particular was developed extremely well, and it paid off big time in the climax on Bespin. Bisson built a lot of great tension into the story, as well. There was a space-walk scene that had me totally absorbed and on the edge of my seat, even though the outcome should have been obvious. Overall this was a promising follow-up to the first book, and I'll be interested to see where the series goes next.
B-
Background: Crossfire was written by [author:Terry Bisson|73422] and published in November 2002. Bisson wrote this and the first book in the Boba Fett series (my review), but has no other Star Wars credits. He is a successful science fiction writer who is best known for his short stories.
Crossfire takes place about a month after the Battle of Geonosis, 22 years before the battle of Yavin. The young Boba Fett is the main character, along with Aurra Sing and Count Dooku. The story takes place mostly on Raxus Prime and Bespin.
Summary: Young Boba Fett has been delivered to Count Dooku by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing, and she has taken his beloved ship, Slave I, as payment. Dooku should be able to give Boba access to his father's fortune, but he seems more interested in making sure Boba doesn't tell anyone that it was Dooku who personally engineered the conflict that has engulfed the galaxy. Meanwhile, the Republic is hot on Dooku's trail, and Boba knows they're looking for him as well. It seems he can't stay out of the crossfire.
Review: After a not-too-promising beginning, this entry in the series ended up not being so bad after all. Boba initially finds himself more-or-less a prisoner in Count Dooku's base on the most toxic planet in the galaxy, but that soon changes and he ends up in Republic hands. Bisson gets a lot of mileage out of his premise that no one pays much attention to a kid who isn't bothering anyone, which allows Boba to do a lot of roaming that should be otherwise impossible.
The central feature of this story is Boba's first friendship with another kid,what he learns from the experience, and how it affects him. This bit in particular was developed extremely well, and it paid off big time in the climax on Bespin. Bisson built a lot of great tension into the story, as well. There was a space-walk scene that had me totally absorbed and on the edge of my seat, even though the outcome should have been obvious. Overall this was a promising follow-up to the first book, and I'll be interested to see where the series goes next.
B-