Excellent. Omega and Delta Squad hit it off in a clash and the story unfolds. Great read, recommended however, read Hard Contact first.

over all. It was a good book and I'd recommend it though it did drag at parts and the preaching gets a bit tedious. Still a good read well worth it to read from the perspective of the Clones.

Pros: The characters develop nicely you really grow to care for them as individuals. The action is well described and the inner conflict of soldiers home from war is well handled from a story telling standpoint.

Cons: The constant preaching of Mandalorian customs and culture gets a little annoying as well as the constant need to beat us over the head with the guilt of using the clones. Look we get it that Sgt.Kal who personally trained and reared his clones as his sons loves them and cares for them as such? Do we really need to be constantly reminded over and over again page after page?

That aside it is a good read. If you want to read about the clone wars from a perspective other than a Jedi Knight's then the first two books in this series will satisfy that curiosity.

Karen Traviss is quickly working her way to the top of my list of favourite authors. There are several things that I appreciate of a good author. One: use of descriptive words without being repetitive and without going overboard. Two: The ability to edit! Know when a scene is just right with fewer words said or when it needs to be cut altogether. And three: Make me care! I want to feel for the characters. Good or bad or somewhere in the middle, I wanted to not only understand them, I want to care about them. The bad guy doesn't always need to be hated and the good guy doesn't always need to be adored. Traviss knows how to do all these things and she does them well.
I started this book, and every time I reluctantly put it down, all I wanted to do was pick it back up. When I watched the movie, the Clone army was just the precursor to the Storm Troopers I never thought twice about them or how they might feel about their lots in life. Traviss made them real. She gave them names and faces and brought them to life. She give them a history and present and a reason for existence beyond fighting. Because although it's never mentioned in the movie, they really are just overgrown boys. They may look like seasoned warriors but in truth they are barely teenagers and this book, along with the first in the series, makes you see them in a whole new way. It was almost painful to read at parts.
An excellent book and one that I am sure to read again in the future. Star Wars fans... you must read this book.

Republic Commando: Triple Zero, by Karen Traviss, is a science fiction novel. It is a fantastic book, the best in the trilogy,and the most informative. The characters are introduced in more detail and new characters are added. In the story, Omega Squad and their sergeant are assigned to an anti-terror black ops at their home base Galactic City, Coruscant. The squad has to be off the radar and do not have official permission for the mission. An action packed, hard core, and heart racing novel. Fit for any Sci-Fi fan.