Crosscurent is a quest to find truth. We follow character Jaden
Korr from the Star Wars Legacy of the Force novels and Jedi Knight
III: Jedi Academy. The novel as a whole is not bad. It certainly is
not one of my favorites and I am not sure that I would recomend it
to a close friend; however, it does carry some merit.
When a sith ship carrying dangerous crystals that empower the Dark
Side of the Force attemps to jump through hyperspace with a damaged
hyperdrive, it and all of it's occupants find themselves propelled
5 000 years into the future. An ancient Jedi Master will stop at
nothing to get revenge, a cryptic vision given to a new coming Jedi
Knight, a pilot who is simply at the wrong place at the wrong time;
all their lives connect in one, single moment.
I fail to see why LucasBooks and DelRey allowed the publishing of
this novel from first time Star Wars novelist Paul S. Kemp. The
novel lacks of the intrigue and hooks that first timers usually use
when they wrap their minds about the Star Wars universe before
setting pen to paper.
Crosscurrent is not a bad novel, it is simply lacking. On numerous
occasions, I found myself skipping words, trying to find on the
page where the story continued. The characters presented are real
enough, but the vocabulary given is not top notch. The novel has
potential, I'm just not sure it was used efficiently. There is no
doubt that Mr. Kemp can write; but I'm not sure that Star Wars is
the way to go.