Star Wars: Dark Nest, Volume 2: The Unseen Queen

Love this book and the series.

Although there was no room for left surprises: 1. Leia has more control of the Force and her powers as expected, 2. Jacen is going deeper in his maneuvers moulding the Force around him, as expected again and 3. The Killiks present more and more problems following the cue of the dark nest, the argument introduces a lot of atuned surprises as we can see Luke and Han facing troubles again but using their friendship to go on, the little problems Leia has to accept the consequences of her decision of asking Saba to be her master, a terrible surprise from Jacen and his relationship whit the Queen mother that, from the events that we whitnessed in ROTS, is possible to lead to some known places, given the bloodlines enrooted in Anakin Skywalker besides the vision from the Force he receives that lead to a dark future. Finally, the amazing end due to the appearing of a mysterious decease affecting the Killiks in the new inhabited worlds of the Utegetu Nebula.The 4 stars are not 5 because the end of this second book of the dark nest trilogy is not satisfying as it was the whole first book The Joiner King, leaving the flavor of a lack of strenght in the Force from whom is supposed to be the most powerfull Jedi knight: Luke and also that his decission to remain in Woteba leads to bigger problems that without his presence (he knows of it) would break soon in the Jedi order.All in all a good book, worth of reading it.

This is a great series. The NJO ended with the Jedi deciding there are no dark or light sides only the unifying force. In the Joiner King the Jedi use the light and dark to justify their actions. It contiunes into the Unseen Queen, where Jacen does some very questionable things. Just at the same time Luke and Leia are finding out more about their parents through R2's. The parrallels between Anakin and Jacen are noticable. Both men doing what they think is right to protect those they love. Whether or not Jacen takes a long trip down the dark side or not its defiently peaked my interest. Also it'll be interesting parallel's between Palpatine's interest in the Jedi and the Chief of State Cal is it the same or only similar? Other then one small question, where is Tenel Ka's father? How am I going to make until the next book?

The Unseen Queen is a huge leap forward from the Joiner King - in typical Star Wars fashion, the second in a trilogy is the best. Jacen is scary powerful and deceptive, yet it is still very easy to see things through his point of view. I found myself really enthralled with the end of the book, with all of the different lightsaber duels and space battles. Lomi's Force-trick of hiding herself behind her enemies' doubts was a really good idea and makes her a formidable foe, while adding in more character development for the heroes. I'm not crazy about the Dark Nest Trilogy as a whole, but this one was undeniably enjoyable.

I'm still not sure about the "Dark Nest Trilogy." "The Unseen Queen" isn't bad. It's just not good. Not enough happens to give the story direction. Luke and Han are captured by the Killiks. Leia and Saba are captured by the Galactic Alliance.Jacen discovers something from Tenel Ka that changes his course. This is a character I no longer recognize. Jaina and Zekk follow him against their better judgement. I don't understand that. Can someone who's read this explain to me how their plan is supposed to provoke the Chiss to attack the Killiks? The logic just doesn't follow.Jaina and Zekk are Joiners. How does the hive not know what they are thinking? Isn't that a security risk? No one is worried?And what in the worlds is happening between Luke and Lomi Plo? How is it that Lomi Plo is so much more powerful than Luke? It's not even a fair fight.It's the middle book. There is no ending. It should point us somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Please let it end soon. I can't stand bugs.

definitely a good book to add to any novel fan collection. it is the middle of the 3 book run between new jedi order and legacy of the force. all three series are worth reading in their entirety.

Decent 3 book series, I enjoyed the first and last books more than this one. I think the story probably could have been told a little more quickly but it is a nice setup for the Legacy of the Force series.

Another good one by Troy Denning. I'm reading the next one now. I can't put them down, I just blow through these in just a few days. These would make great movies.

Amazing book, only problem is that on every page the ink has faded somewhere. This book was a present and I gave it after the return period.I love the story and it is addition to your collection

Me gusta Star Wars y el universo expandido y por eso no califico peor la novela, lo que no me gustó fue la edición, está mutilada de los lados por lo cual apenas si hay espacio entro los márgenes por lo cual la lectura se dificulta, por fortuna no mutilaron el texto así que sí se puede leer aunque de manera incómoda. Es la primera vez que me pasa con un libro de Star Wars.

Great book, good middle story of a trilogy.

Another good read in the Star Wars universe.

Was mich an Unseen Queen bzw. an der Dark Nest Trilogie am meisten stört, ist die Bedrohung durch einen neuen intergalaktischen Krieg.Nach 18 Büchern NJO hatte ich mir doch etwas anderes gewünscht, eher im Stil von "Kampf des Jedi" oder der "X-Wing"Reihe.Interessant ist allerdings Jacens Werdegang, der doch einige Parallelen zu Anakin/Vader aufzeigt.Nicht umsonst lässt der Autor Luke zu dem Zeitpunkt mehr über seinen Vater und seine Mutter erfahren (schätze ich)Wir werden sehen, was der Dritte und letzte Teil der Reihe bringt, aber am meisten freue ich mich bereits auf die "Legacy of the force" Reihe :)