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Title: 10 pounds of story in a 5 pound bag
Review: Crimson Empire II continues the story of Kir Kanos, last of the Emperor's Crimson Guard out to avenge the Emperor by killing everyone responsible for his death.The first book was fairly clear-cut, focusing on the battle between Kanos and a renegade Crimson Guardsman responsible for killing the Emperor's clone bodies. But this is one is all over the map. It introduces several new factions and players (including a Hutt gangster who could give Jabba a run for his money) but never has enough time to properly flesh them out. We see them plot and scheme but it really has no impact since we're never given a chance to care about them.Kir Kanos it practially a supporting player in this story, since so much time is spent throwing in new aliens, new factions and new alliances.This series desperately needed to be longer, or an editor needed to give it more focus. Most readers will leave disappointed.
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