“Blackcollar”

Timothy Zahn

I started to get more into this book the further I read; it starts off as a spy drama kind of thing, and transitions into being a guerrilla warfare story instead. It’s an interesting setting—a conquered Terran Empire, and a resistance trying to accomplish anything, really, from amidst the ruins. The lost blackcollars, elite, superhuman warriors trained in ancient forms of combat, combines well with that setting to make me think, as I’m reading the author’s bio and seeing how much Star Wars he’s written, “oh, of course.” It does, indeed, feel like a homier version of that story, including some attempts at the “I am your father” level twist.

It was a fun read, worth the time I’d say. Check it out!1

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