Author: Kathy Tyers
Just a few hours after the celebration of the destruction of the second Death Star, the rebels on Endor receive a distress call from an Emperial world, Bakura. Bakrua is being invaded by aliens from another part of the galaxy. The aliens are taking large numbers of prisoners for some reason, and Bakura will not survive unless someone comes to help. Recognizing that the Rebel Alliance needs to begin drawing more worlds away from the remnants of the Empire, Leia Organa heads a mission, joined by Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2. Luke's powers as a Jedi are instrumental in the immediate fight, but also prove to be a potential weapon for the invaders. Combine the invasion with the distrust of Imperials and Rebels, and the situation is explosive. A truce is required, but how long can it last?
A well-written Star Wars book is always a pleasure to read. Like the best of them, Truce is written in a way which conjures up images of the characters, behaving exactly as a fan of the films would expect. There is the struggle between Empire and Alliance, between Dark and Light sides of the Force, between Tyranny and Freedom. The science fiction concept which forms the core element of the plot -- being able to "entech" souls (trap and use them as energy sources) -- is not explained, but it fits well into the mythos of The Force. And, honestly, Star Wars has never been so much about science fiction as it has been about mythology. The space opera does not need to be scientific. It needs to be heroic. And The Truce at Bakura is most certainly that.
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