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    Exile: Star Wars Legends (Legacy of the Force)

    By Aaron Allston

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    In the Stars Wars galaxy, evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war.

    With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. But that peace may come with a price. Despite strained relationships caused by opposing sympathies in the war, Han and Leia Solo and Luke and Mara Skywalker remain united by one frightening suspicion: Someone insidious is manipulating this war, and if he or she isn’t stopped, all efforts at reconciliation may be for naught. And as sinister visions lead Luke to believe that the source of the evil is none other than Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith, the greatest peril revolves around Jacen himself. . . .

    Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateApr 29, 2008
    ISBN9780345510518
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    • 4/5
      Ann Harris has gone missing from the shelter run by Leslie and while someone disappearing is not unusual Leslie seems to think the manner of her going is a bit suspicious and so enlists the help of her friend Maureen O’Donnell to investigate. When Maureen visits Ann’s husband Jimmy she gets the impression that he wasn’t the one who beat her up. Struggling to bring up the four kids that Ann left behind he is such a pitiful creature that Maureen is convinced that he’s innocent. When Ann’s body subsequently turns up dumped in the river in London and Jimmy remains the prime suspect, Maureen jumps at the chance to investigate further. Especially as it means leaving Glasgow behind for a while what with the return to the area of her father and the police still trying to pin something on her for what happened in the previous book then it will be good to leave it all behind even if she doesn’t know what she’s getting herself mixed up in.This is a darkly compelling tale which also gets quite bleak at times. With the protagonist not that particularly concerned with her own welfare she is content to put herself in harm’s way even if that results in her own demise so this book is not going to be for everyone. Personally, I don’t mind spending time visiting the darker edges of fiction as long as the plot is consistent and the characters are well written and their actions match the situations they find themselves in. There is no problem with either of those here with another excellently written story. While the mystery element of the plot is fully contained within this book there are elements that carry throughout the series so while you can read this as a stand-alone I would suggest that you read Garnethill, the first in the series, prior to picking this one up.
    • 3/5
      I found this book hard going in places, to many minor characters. The main character is Maureen O Donnell she is looking for a missing woman called Ann from the Woman's refuge in Glasgow were she works.This leads her to London were she meets some dodgy characters. Ann has a husband and 4 young sons. A murdered woman is fished out the Thames it appears to be Ann. Maureen does some more digging, Ann faked her death to get away from loan sharks in Glasgow. Some Scum bag acquaintances of Anns kill a young Junkie and pretend its Ann. Maureen solves the case and tells the Police.
    • 2/5
      I think Denise Mina is a terrific writer but this book was just to bleak for me. Couldn't finish it.
    • 4/5
      It took me a bit longer to get into this book than the first in the series, but about half way through I was hooked and found it hard to put down. I like Maureen O'Donnell's vigilante detective character and the supporting cast, who all have interesting story arcs of their own.
    • 3/5
      I really do like the way Denise Mina writes and builds a story. I do have to take a break and read something lighter in between books. Everyone is broken in some way and it takes a bit of an emotional toll.
    • 3/5
      As in the first installment of the Maureen O'Donnell trilogy, this one deals with a murder mystery which Maureen is trying to solve, more of her nutty family, and a healthy, or rather unhealthy, dose of binge drinking. A Glasgow woman is found murdered in London and Maureen travels between the two cities to find out what happened.As usual, I can't say enough good things about Mina's writing style when it comes to place and mood, but, again, her characters don't work as well for me. Maureen is still committing what I consider to be the worst crime: she manages to do utterly stupid things to get her in trouble. For Maureen it's usually a result of being blind drunk, but I consider that as much of a cop-out as when a writer makes their murderer insane in order to force the plot. Still, it's an exciting enough story to make it a satisfying, although not great, read.
    • 3/5
      Sequel to "Garnethill" by Mina. A tense psychological thriller, "noir", disturbing and depressing, in my opinion. Rather than an enjoyable escapist read, I often needed to take breaks and escape from the miserable world in this novel.
    • 4/5
      Mina's protagonist Maureen travels to London to figure out who killed a woman who disappeared after leaving a domestic abuse shelter in Glasgow. She gets caught up in the underground world of junkies and drug dealers where she barely escapes with her life.
    • 3/5
      An exploration of the slimy side of drug and alcohol addiction. Maureen goes to London in search of evidence in the murder of an alcoholic mother of 4. She, herself, is more than a little tempted by drink, and her brother in the previous installment was a drug dealer. Bars in London. Brushes against the London drug scene. I cannot say usual, but part of Maureen's MO is to perpetrate some (justified?) crime near the end of the book.
    • 2/5
      This was a tough read. The plot is soundly constructed but the subject matter is challenging, to say the least. The protagonist is Maureen O'Donnell, who first appeared in Mina's previous novel, 'Garenthill' (which I haven't read). Her history is very troubled, having been systematically abused by her father (and subsequently ostracised by her mother), and then had her partner murdered . As this novel opens she is working in The Place of Safety, a sanctuary for battered wives in Glasgow. Ann Harris, one of the residents of the hostel, goes missing and is subsequently found dead in London, her battered corpse having been dumped in the Thames.The prime suspect is, understandably enough, her husband, though Maureen finds it difficult to believe that he had ever beaten her, let alone killed her. Convinced of the husband's innocence she starts to investigate further, uncovering Ann's secret life involving drug addiction fuelled by prostitution and crime. Mina threads the story together very capably, and the plot and characterisation all seem plausible.Sadly I feel that I am probably just a little too squeamish and found it all rather overpowering. Mina offers no concession at all to the reader's sensitivities, and I felt overwhelmed by the unremitting rage, despair, substance abuse and general squalor, and I get quite enough of all that in the office!
    • 5/5
      Exile is a very dark, bleak story, set in a frightening version of London and Glasgow, in which the powerful prey on the weak and the weak prey on the weaker. It's amazing, but very, very sad, redeemed mainly by the idea that most people are just trying to do the best they can and that kindness is not impossible and is the most important thing. Mina writes so well, finding new ways to say things without ever saying "look at me, look at what I can do".Exile is the second book in a trilogy that begins with Garnethill. I would highly recommend reading the first before the later two books.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the Garnet Hill series. The story didn’t didn’t grab me as much as the first one -however, this rating shoots up to 4 stars because of the fantastic narration (Katy Anderson). Listening to her accents for the many characters felt like a visit to the theatre.
    • 5/5
      Second in a trilogy by Mina and I can't wait to get to the third one!  Not much to add to what has been said about this book,  except that this is an excellent example of what post-traumatic stress looks and feels like.  I think that is important knowledge for those interested in understanding survivors of any kind of trauma e.g. refugees, returning military, those bombed and those bombing, those abused and those abusing.
    • 5/5
      Exile is the second installment of Denise Mina’s Garnethill trilogy, which begins with Garnethill and ends with Resolution (which I have not yet read). If you do not read Garnethill prior to this book, you will be a bit lost, both in terms of characters, and in terms of the main character’s (Maureen O’Donnell) background. And this is critical. These are excellent books, and I most highly recommend them.As the action begins, Maureen, who works at a battered women’s shelter, is drawn into the disappearance of Ann Harris, a resident of the place, who told everyone that her husband Jimmy constantly beat and abused her. Quickly she learns that the London police have discovered a disfigured body wearing a piece of Ann's jewelry, and that they are out to find her killer. Maureen meets up with Jimmy and realizes that he’s just a quiet man trying to take care of four small children and wasn’t involved in Ann’s disappearance. However, if she doesn’t figure out what happened to Ann, more than likely it will be Jimmy that’s off to prison. Her desire to help Jimmy sets her on a very dangerous path where she will meet up with some very rough characters who aren’t so happy that a foreigner has come asking questions.But aside from the crime element, Maureen as a person is worth the reading time alone. She’s got a lot on her shoulders and struggles inwardly with her past as well as her extremely dysfunctional family. Now she’s got new worries that pick up where the first book (Garnethill) left off. I really enjoy her character and I’m really sad there are only three books about her. I also enjoy Denise Mina’s writing…it is excellent, and not just in the sense that she’s a good writer of crime fiction. She can write, and after I finish this trilogy I will be reading anything I can of hers.Highly recommended, but as noted above, please do start with the first in the series. On to the third book, and very soon. If you like UK crime fiction and strong women characters, you will really like this book. This is no ordinary “mystery” series by any stretch of the imagination.