Triple Zero by Karen TravissMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another good Star Wars book focussing on the clones rather than the Jedi. A sequel to Republic Commando #1 Hard Contact, this story sees Omega squad team up with Delta squad - both two groups of advanced and slightly different ARC troopers with their own unique origins stories, trained by hired mercenaries on their birthing planet of Kamino despite being not up to the usual Kaminoan standard of genetic code.
This time the story takes place in the galactic centre of Coruscant, where a Separatist terrorist operation has been making strikes at the Coruscant Security Force have been unable to make sufficient progress in eliminating the threat. Together with the Jedi Generals Etain Tur-Mukan and Bardan Jusik and their old sergeant and Mandalorian Kal Skiatra, they arrange a risky undercover operation out of a seedy Coruscant bar to neutralise the terrorist threat.
There are no real surprises in the plot which plays out as you'd expect for an organised military group, but the writing is exciting when it needs to be and the characters and environments are all well described enough to keep things interesting. Where this book excels more is the character development and relationships between the squad, sergeants and the jedi. Despite being clones, the members of both Delta and Omega squad have their unique characteristics, and the back stories and developing relationships with their sergeants and the jedi, based on the intrinsic Mandalorian heritage imbued by Skirata makes this for a fascinating read. How the Jedi fit in is also really interesting, as both are a-typical and are at odds with the usual Jedi rule against attachment.
Really, this is just another good war/espionage book with a Star Wars coat of paint on it and that's no bad thing. I'll continue to work my way through the series!
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