Heck, when reading Traviss' LOTF books, and I disliked them, I thought that she would still be strong with RC books. I guess I was wrong. My tentative like for this book is beginning to fade, as, once again, she makes it seem like the Clones are super soldiers, and are all the heroes of the Republic. Skirata's plan to buy them all from the Republic borders on ludicrous, and their uncovering the fact that there's no orders for Clones beyond two more years is bordering on foresight. Granted, someone finally figures out "Wait a minute, the Clones were begun 10 years ago, before a Separatist movement", but most of it is trash and Mando'ade, which I think ARC Trooper Sull best comments on when he says, "You can shove your Mando'a comraderie." I like it how it explains some of the character's in Sacrifice, like Jaing Skirata obviously being Jaing the Null, and Venku Skirata is Damien and Etain's son, but that only deems to set this book higher and push Sacrifice down.

I'm liking this third better. The stuff is starting to click into place about Sacrifice - e.g it's Etain and Darman's kid who eventually challenges Boba about being Mandalore, Ko Sai's abduction and death, and other stuff. I'm starting to warm to Sacrifice - gasp! - slightly, if you treat it as a sequel to this, which just happens to mention the Galactic events as well.