{"id":309,"date":"2010-09-23T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T16:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/09\/23\/books-received-92310-star-wars-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:37","slug":"books-received-92310-star-wars-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/09\/23\/books-received-92310-star-wars-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 9\/23\/10 &#8212; Star Wars edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51toWbIp1iL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Star-Wars-Force-Unleashed-II\/dp\/0345511549\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1285257121&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Sean Williams<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As ruthless apprentice to Darth Vader, Starkiller was mercilessly schooled in the ways of the dark side, commanded to exterminate the last of the purged Jedi Order, and groomed for the ultimate Sith power play: assassination of the Emperor. He served without question, killed without remorse, and lost his heart without warning to beautiful Imperial fighter pilot Juno Eclipse, never suspecting that he was just a tool in the schemes of his masters\u2014until it was too late to escape their lethal betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Juno mourned Starkiller as dead&#8230;but now he is back, purged of all memories and programmed to kill. And as fate brings Juno and Starkiller closer to reuniting, with Darth Vader determined not to lose his assassin a second time, they will both have to make a stand. The prize is freedom. The punishment for failing will be eternal enslavement to the dark side of the Force&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/g-ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/nav2\/dp\/no-image-no-ciu._V192545765_AA300_.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Star-Wars-Harvest-Joe-Schreiber\/dp\/0345511174\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1285257639&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Star Wars: Red Harvest<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Joe Schreiber<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51rZJ22TEEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vortex-Star-Wars-Fate-Jedi\/dp\/034550920X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1285257390&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Vortex (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 6)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Troy Denning<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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