Death Troopers
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- Author：Joe Schreiber
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Summary
When the Imperial prison barge Purge—temporary home to five hundred of the galaxy's most ruthless killers， rebels， scoundrels and thieves—breaks down in a distant， uninhabited part of space， its only hope seems to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting， derelict， and seemingly abandoned。 But when a boarding party is sent to scavenge for parts， only half of them come back—bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours， nearly all aboard the Purge will die in ways too hideous to imagine。
And death is only the beginning。
And death is only the beginning。
Reviews
Kevin Stradinger
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Surprisingly dark/violent for something associated with Disney/Star Wars -otherwise nothing with any sort of depth， just some fun nerd shit
Rebekah
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THE AUDIOBOOK WAS PHENOMENAL！！！！ whoever read the book was FANTASTIC！ So why 3 stars？ I'm just not into zombies。 It's not my thing。 that does not mean the book is bad！ IT WAS AMAZING and I think it's due to the audiobook that I am raving about the book， they had sound effects and the reader was probably one of the best I've ever heard！ I just didn't care about the story or the characters。。I love Star Wars but I'm just not into zombies but those who do， this is for you。 My husband is NOT a reader THE AUDIOBOOK WAS PHENOMENAL！！！！ whoever read the book was FANTASTIC！ So why 3 stars？ I'm just not into zombies。 It's not my thing。 that does not mean the book is bad！ IT WAS AMAZING and I think it's due to the audiobook that I am raving about the book， they had sound effects and the reader was probably one of the best I've ever heard！ I just didn't care about the story or the characters。。I love Star Wars but I'm just not into zombies but those who do， this is for you。 My husband is NOT a reader and he read this book and listened to the book he loved it so much。Sexual Content: mild/noneLanguage: mildDrugs/Alcohol: mild/noneViolence: moderate/heavyLGBTQ: none 。。。more
Megan M
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Fast-paced， good writing， creative twists on zombies and adeptly folded into Star Wars lore， plus a fun， well done nod to some favorite characters。 It was an entertaining， quick read and exactly what I was hoping for in a SW’s legend， sci-fi， gore novella。
Jamie Cavanaugh
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Holy crap！ I’m legitimately shocked at how good this is。 Some of the most horrifying stuff I’ve ever read。
Vitória
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esse livro é muito ruim， eu amei
Chris Cordray
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As a zombie book， it was ok。 As a Star Wars story， it felt off。 Seems like someone wrote a zombie story， and his publisher came to him and said， "You know what would make this book GREAT？ If it had Star Wars characters in it。 Star Wars is hot。 Zombie stories are hot。 It's perfect！" As a zombie book， it was ok。 As a Star Wars story， it felt off。 Seems like someone wrote a zombie story， and his publisher came to him and said， "You know what would make this book GREAT？ If it had Star Wars characters in it。 Star Wars is hot。 Zombie stories are hot。 It's perfect！" 。。。more
Tobias Ehrig
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Wrong franchise for this genre。 Horror does not fit very well in the Star Wars universe
Jason Jarnagin
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Bloody and violent I love it。
Daniel
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Some people don't like this book。 Those people are weirdos and should be shunned。 If you go into this one thinking you'll be able to take a literal Star Wars zombie splatter novel seriously， you're not going to like it。 But if that's the case， your intelligence is also highly questionable。 This book is short and fun and may well make the worms incubating in the average reader's stomach emerge from hibernation and begin wriggling as they lividly combat the laws of natural digestion and attempt as Some people don't like this book。 Those people are weirdos and should be shunned。 If you go into this one thinking you'll be able to take a literal Star Wars zombie splatter novel seriously， you're not going to like it。 But if that's the case， your intelligence is also highly questionable。 This book is short and fun and may well make the worms incubating in the average reader's stomach emerge from hibernation and begin wriggling as they lividly combat the laws of natural digestion and attempt ascent through the esophagus。 Not really。 But it can get pretty over-the-top。Just have fun with it。 。。。more
Matt
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Edge of your seat horror with great story， Star Wars mixed with TWD
Tornado Alley Books
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WOW。 This book was GORY！ Listening to this audiobook gave my squeamish soul so much ick hahaha！ But besides that， this is a well-written book！ I think Joe Schrieber has a really engaging writing style， and he integrates horror into Star Wars in a really effortless， intriguing way。 I think Maul Lockdown is my preferred Schrieber work so far， but this one was not bad by any means！ I think my main reason for disliking this one at all came from the surprise cameo in the middle from the rest of the S WOW。 This book was GORY！ Listening to this audiobook gave my squeamish soul so much ick hahaha！ But besides that， this is a well-written book！ I think Joe Schrieber has a really engaging writing style， and he integrates horror into Star Wars in a really effortless， intriguing way。 I think Maul Lockdown is my preferred Schrieber work so far， but this one was not bad by any means！ I think my main reason for disliking this one at all came from the surprise cameo in the middle from the rest of the Star Wars universe。 It felt a little forced and I think I would have preferred all original characters。On to Red Harvest next！ 。。。more
Marco
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Okay， so Star Wars had zombies once。 A prison ship with a defective drive somehow stumbles across an apparently abandoned Star Destroyer in interstellar space。 They do not only bring back the parts to repair their ship from there but also the zombie plague the Empire had cultivated as a weapon*。The rest is pretty much what you'd expect from this kind of story。Except that you have built up your POV characters and then pull out Han and Chewie out of the hat into the plot about a third or so into t Okay， so Star Wars had zombies once。 A prison ship with a defective drive somehow stumbles across an apparently abandoned Star Destroyer in interstellar space。 They do not only bring back the parts to repair their ship from there but also the zombie plague the Empire had cultivated as a weapon*。The rest is pretty much what you'd expect from this kind of story。Except that you have built up your POV characters and then pull out Han and Chewie out of the hat into the plot about a third or so into the book。 Completely unnecessary， but I guess the author was contractually obliged to bring in some known characters from the series。Anyways， this is now Legends， so never mind。。。*its Sith-caused origins are apparently later revealed in a prequel novel。 。。。more
Will
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I'm fourteen。 I wanted to read this book a while ago when I was around nine， my parents wouldn't let me read it because of the cover art。 Well I remembered it， picked it up and read it in less then a week。 I enjoyed it， I've always loved the Walking Dead and Star Wars and this was its love child， so of course I would enjoy it。 Now for every one's sake there are spoilers here so if you haven't read this yet I highly suggest you do。 If you don't want to read it this will be a quick little overview I'm fourteen。 I wanted to read this book a while ago when I was around nine， my parents wouldn't let me read it because of the cover art。 Well I remembered it， picked it up and read it in less then a week。 I enjoyed it， I've always loved the Walking Dead and Star Wars and this was its love child， so of course I would enjoy it。 Now for every one's sake there are spoilers here so if you haven't read this yet I highly suggest you do。 If you don't want to read it this will be a quick little overview of the book。 The book starts off with a prison barge in the dead off space。 The barge has broken down and is in immediate need of repair。 They conveniently run into a Star Destroyer that seems to be abandoned。 They land anyway because they believe they can scavenge parts。This goes horribly wrong when they discover a virus aboard that has turned all the infected into the dead。 The prison barge tries to escape， but the dead learn how to use the tractor beam which keeps the barge from escaping。We learn here that the infamous Han Solo and Chewbacca are aboard the prison board as captives。 They are let out by a doctor because pretty much everyone else is dead on the barge。 Sorry there are a couple of whiney teens who bite the dust， but I didn't really care。 WITH the addition of Han and Chewie pretty much all tension has faded。 This takes place prior to episode four （A New Hope） so they still have a lot of character development and life left in them。The rest of the book is just a non stop run and gun to escape the endless hordes of dead。 Now to the average person this book wouldn't be anything special。 It's pacing isn't great and the tension isn't there for the rest of the book。 For a giant nerd （ME） that knows every little detail of this galaxy and loves it to death， this is an awesome little read that just adds more depth and darkness to the world around it。I am giving this book four out of five stars just because I love the concept。 It could have been done better， but I'm not one to complain。 。。。more
Dan Gilman
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Dude， no。 *rolls up newspaper and stares at this book I just read* "Bad book， BAD！"I foolishly had REALLY high hopes for this book，the premise is amazing and the cover art is god tier。 Those are pretty much the two stars I gave this book， the two good things about this book。Little backstory to my history with this book， when it first came out I got it through my local library and was too busy working and in the middle of a move to actually read it， I wanted to desperately though because oh man t Dude， no。 *rolls up newspaper and stares at this book I just read* "Bad book， BAD！"I foolishly had REALLY high hopes for this book，the premise is amazing and the cover art is god tier。 Those are pretty much the two stars I gave this book， the two good things about this book。Little backstory to my history with this book， when it first came out I got it through my local library and was too busy working and in the middle of a move to actually read it， I wanted to desperately though because oh man the idea behind it， the cover art， I kept thinking "Oh man this is gonna be so awesome！"*Morgan Freeman narration* "It was not gonna be awesome at all。"Hooboy where do I start。。。 It feels like maybe at times the proof editors and publisher tried to make the novel shorter， like maybe Joe Schreiber pitched a really detailed back story about the main characters。。。 How they all fit together， woven like a tapestry。Nope， characters from earlier that clearly intersected （and had a shared history） later on didn't seem to recall each other。 Ass out， complete lack of continuity in spots。I believe the main characters could have been interesting， but were absolutely not。 The story building at the beginning is just unceremoniously dropped。 Like any good horror story you're gonna lose some main characters， and you do here。。。 But I didn't care about any of them。It honestly felt like there was a slow burn at first introducing the main characters， and that some of their motivations would become clear as the story unfolded， but it petered out and then became a chore。。。 But then it was suddenly just abandoned when shit hit the fan。。。 But then the story picked up and the horror element was initially really good。。。Like okay yeah y'all were living your tepid little lives and shit went sideways because Evil Empire。。。 But now it's the zombie apocalypse。。。 Then out of the blue there's a。。。 Cameo。 Two very well known characters from Star Wars canon step into the scene。。。Which hit like a proctologist with a crowbar。 Cold， awkward， and you have to raise the question of "why" like a dozen times in this book。This isn't going to appeal to Star Wars fans， this isn't going to appeal to zombie fans， or horror fans。 The characters are entirely forgettable， the storyline jumps from world building and weaving intentions to reasoning out- nope just gonna switch gears here and- wait here's a cameo curve ball that makes little to no damn sense-oh no！ Here's some fairly glaring continuity errors- nope here's the ending！Even the cameo characters were like "Biiiiyyyyyyeeeeeee！" and deuced out without much ado。 Much like I wished I had a quarter of the way into this hot mess。Oh and there's a sequel/prequel that I will never be desperate enough to read。 。。。more
Anthony Rodriguez
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Fun read。 This may be a legend story but in my mind I totally saw in my mind when "known" characters came into the story。 It was spooky too。 The ending seemed sort of rushed but I still recommend this novel to anyone who like switch genres， horror， tales of terror， or a twist to what Star wars is usually about。 Fun read。 This may be a legend story but in my mind I totally saw in my mind when "known" characters came into the story。 It was spooky too。 The ending seemed sort of rushed but I still recommend this novel to anyone who like switch genres， horror， tales of terror， or a twist to what Star wars is usually about。 。。。more
S。J。 Saunders
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Well， I'm really not a horror guy， so I'm glad it's short。。。but it is well-written。4/5 Don't know that I needed Star Wars to be this gruesome， but hey， if it helps to get people into the EU。 Well， I'm really not a horror guy， so I'm glad it's short。。。but it is well-written。4/5 Don't know that I needed Star Wars to be this gruesome， but hey， if it helps to get people into the EU。 。。。more
Sydney Carr
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Very good read for those who enjoy the horror genre and share a love for Star Wars。
Daniella
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Love his writing style， dark and descriptive。
MGrow
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Stormtrooper zombies
Taylor Blackburn
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Enjoyed the readA much darker side to the usual star wars， I enjoyed it thoroughly and my only complaint is that I wished it was longer。
Sindri Helgason
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Stutt og laggóð
Cooper Hammond
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Exciting， gory horror thriller set in the star wars universe。 Zombie stormtroopers！！
Chris
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not a bad effort compared to most of the new literature coming out of the Star Wars arena of late。
Oscar Camacho
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Para resumirlo de forma rápida: Es Resident Evil en el universo de Star Wars。 Lo cual no sería malo si nos estuviéramos refiriendo al videojuego， pero no。 Este libro toma la primera película de Residen Evil y la pasa casi tal cual al universo de Star Wars。 La colmena pasa a ser un destructor estelar， el virus es ligeramente diferente y no hay una IA asesina。 Pero el resultado es el mismo: Un pequeño grupo de protagonistas tratan de escapar de una horda interminable de zombies。 Lo positivo es que Para resumirlo de forma rápida: Es Resident Evil en el universo de Star Wars。 Lo cual no sería malo si nos estuviéramos refiriendo al videojuego， pero no。 Este libro toma la primera película de Residen Evil y la pasa casi tal cual al universo de Star Wars。 La colmena pasa a ser un destructor estelar， el virus es ligeramente diferente y no hay una IA asesina。 Pero el resultado es el mismo: Un pequeño grupo de protagonistas tratan de escapar de una horda interminable de zombies。 Lo positivo es que no es aburrido， se lee rápido y es consciente de lo que es （El equivalente literario a la comida rápida）， por lo que no intenta estirar la trama ni introduce elementos innecesarios。 Lo negativo: Todo lo demás。 Bueno no， su principal defecto es que es una película boba de zombies de los 2000 en formato libro， por lo que no hay nada de suspenso o terror。 No llegas a conocer a los personajes lo suficiente como para que te importe su destino ni tampoco entiendes por qué hacen lo que hacen， por lo que cuando comienza el meollo del asunto y comienzan a caer como moscas， te olvidas de ellos de inmediato。 La inclusión de dos personajes súper conocidos e importantes de este universo no ayuda en nada al conjunto。 Creo que es una oportunidad desperdiciada， ya que con todo lo que tiene Star Wars para ofrecer estoy seguro de que se puede hacer terror de buen nivel No lo recomiendo 。。。more
Kristina
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I don't know how else to describe this book other than Star Wars （The Empire） + Zombies'nuf said I don't know how else to describe this book other than Star Wars （The Empire） + Zombies'nuf said 。。。more
Troy Vicker
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This needs to be a movie。 Immediately。
Nicholas Gallimore
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Insanely vivid and horrific。 A different take on the Star Wars universe。 Incredible plot twists that make the book hard to put down！
Finn Raae
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Good horror story
Andrew Koo
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I don't like how fast paced this book is but I do like how it gives some backstory on Han and chewy I don't like how fast paced this book is but I do like how it gives some backstory on Han and chewy 。。。more
MarwenVanimalda
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Estuvo entretenido pero le faltó algo
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