Star Wars: Riptide

Jedi, enraged clones, a hidden secret and a terrible threat, what could go wrong? Unfortunately, a lot can go wrong, it seems; Riptide is just like it's precedetor, Crosscurrent. The story was hazzy at the beginning but started to smooth itself out and then became part of Kessel's landscape. The characters are well depicted, the storyline is well plotted but in terms of writting and continuity, the book just falls to dust.

Still chasing after the mad clones of fallen Jedi and Sith alike, Jaden Korr finds himself a Master to a potencial Jedi, Marr. A chase amongst the stars themselves will lead three unlikley groups to the heart of Evil itself.

The story of Riptide holds promise, but I am not sure that it was carried out to it's fullest potential. Just like in Crosscurrent, I found myself wanting more than what was given. At times, the words just seem to drone on without meaning, whitout purpose and it made me wonder: why is that there?

On the whole, Riptide is not a terrible book; I found it more satisfying that Paul S. Kemp's other Star Wars novels (Crosscurrent - Deceived). Again, I had the feeling that the author was writting for the sake of writting and not putting is best effort into his work. Perhaps Star Wars and he don't mix well. There is no doubt that Mr. Kemp can write; but I'm not sure that Star Wars is the way to go.