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Adventures in Audiocasting

Latest audiocast (Hyperspace members only) is a look at Star Wars publishing and an interview with Troy Denning.

Mostly it’s a short interview by Jacob Bronstein, executive producer of SW audiobooks, with a few clips from the Dark Nest audiobooks.

Troy talks at length about the Killiks – from inspiration to whether he’s really a bug-lover; putting characters in mortal danger (surprise suprise, he enjoys it;) and who he considers the coolest characters. (The answer may surprise you.)

Overall, the interview was interesting enough. I could really have done without the audiobook clips, though. I can’t stand the things: they get way too melodramatic, and the heavy descriptive passages read outloud are… vexing. I don’t know if this series will be worth getting Hyperspace for, but if you have it already, it can’t hurt to try. Especially if you have a much higher audiobook tolerance than me.

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Leaked Tempest

Hot on the heels of the Bloodlines preview, JacenSol0 on the TFN boards found what’s believed to be the jacket text for Troy Denning’s Tempest, the third book of Legacy of the Force, on U.K. bookstore site.

Because this is a lot more detailed than the previous blurbs, I’ve spoilered it. Highlight the text in the box below to read:

As the stand-off between the Galactic Alliance and its rebellious member states erupts into full-blown battle, the new Corellian leadership develops a desperate plan to draw the Hapan Consortium into the war on their side. But, the plot poses a moral quandry for Han and Leia Solo, who cannot abide deliberately spreading the war any more than they can the murder of the Hapan Queen Mother, ex-Jedi Knight Tenel Ka. Taking it upon themselves to save her life – and that of her young daughter, Allana – the Solos set in motion a firestorm of confusion and mayhem that will pit children against parents, bring Luke Skywalker into battle with his foremost nemesis, and leave them at the mercy of one of the Jedi’s oldest and most deadly enemies.

I’m not sure if this is official, so take it with a grain of salt.

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A first look at Bloodlines

Starwars.com has posted the cover and summary of the Karen Traviss’ Bloodlines, the second book of the Legacy of the Force series. Here’s the blurb:

Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of worlds set on rebellion — and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han’s Corellian roots and Luke’s dedication to the Jedi order are driving a wedge between the families. Han and Leia’s children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance’s campaign to crush the insurgents. Luke and Mara are unable to protect their son Ben from war. The quest of an assassin draws out a dreaded name from the past: Boba Fett. And in the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem…

Bloodlines will be out in September; the first of the series, Aaron Allston’s Betrayal, is due in May.