Aftermath: Life Debt is the sequel to Aftermath and it fulfills all
the promise shown in its predecessor. Wendig’s first Star Wars novel
suffered a bit from needing to set up characters and events to come
later. His second novel delivers big-time as he builds upon the new
characters he introduced. Existing Star Wars characters such as Han
Solo, Chewbacca and Leia play prominent roles in the story as well.
Wendig does a masterful job in bringing old and new characters together
and making them all feel authentic. The plot centers around Han Solo and
Chewbacca going missing and Leia recruiting the new characters (who
have joined together as unit tasked with capturing Imperial fugitives)
to find him. The plot rapidly expands as we see the beginning of events
that form the backdrop in “The Force Awakens” as well as leading up to
the Battle of Jakku; a pivotal event in the new Star Wars canon. Readers
will need to have read “Aftermath” to fully enjoy “Aftermath: Life
Debt”. I would rank it just a bit behind Claudia Gray’s “Bloodline” as
the best novel of the new Star Wars canon. Star Wars fans looking to
find out what happened between “Return of the Jedi” and “The Force
Awakens” will get a lot of enjoyment from this novel.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try
Aftermath, by Chuck Wendig,
Bloodline, by Claudia Gray or
Lost Stars, also by Claudia Gray.]
[ publisher’s official
Aftermath: Life Debt web page ] | [ official
Chuck Wendig web site ]
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