Heir to the Jedi

from DabOfDarkness

Note: Even though this is Book 12 in the series, it works perfectly fine as a stand alone novel. This story is set in between the original tales of New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. Told from Luke Skywalker's viewpoint, there's plenty of daring piloting, espionage, laser blasts, and a touch o...

from TBones

This was a fantastic read that sheds more light on the skills in the Force that Luke picked up between A New Hope & Empire Strikes Back. Along with these skills explained, Heir To The Empire has plenty of great action, suspense, and thrills. I highly recommend this to fans of Star Wars.

from Ralphd00d

Enjoyed reading this one! Takes place a very short time after Episode IV: A NEW HOPE, and centers on Luke Skywalker. Hearne (whom I enjoyed the IRON DRUID series immensely) has done a great job of writing a stand-alone novel in to the huge SW universe.

from ladycato

I received this advanced-release ebook through NetGalley. I requested this book because it's by Kevin Hearne. He's a friend and a darn good writer. I was really curious to see how he would write Luke in a book set between Episode IV and V. I haven't read a Star Wars book since the Episode III nov...

from lquilter

Kevin Hearne's writing is considerably better than a lot of media tie-in books. I enjoyed the "missing scenes" approach to Luke experimenting with the Force, and enjoyed the general mystery. I would rather the potential love interest had not died, though! Why not have a torrid affair that, you kn...