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Star Wars: The Mask of Fear (Reign of the Empire)

By: Alexander Freed
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Before the Rebellion, the Empire reigns, in book one of a trilogy told through the eyes of Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Saw Gerrera—for fans of Andor.

“In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire! For a safe and secure society!”

With one speech and thunderous applause, Chancellor Palpatine brought the era of the Republic crashing down. In its place rose the Galactic Empire. Across the galaxy, people rejoiced and celebrated the end of war—and the promises of tomorrow. But that tomorrow was a lie. Instead, the galaxy became twisted by the cruelty and fear of the Emperor’s rule.

During that terrifying first year of tyranny, Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, and Bail Organa face the encroaching darkness. One day, they will be three architects of the Rebel Alliance. But first, each must find purpose and direction in a changing galaxy, while harboring their own secrets, fears, and hopes for a future that may never come unless they act.

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Fantastic political thriller

Great characters portrayals examining how deeply embedded they are in their politics and how desperate is their fight against the looming darkness… unnerving to see in the face of what our own world faces today. Great sound effects like with most Star Wars productions, and excellent narrator. Recommended.

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great spy and non jedi novel

January logs a solid performance. the universe has familiar scenes but bring a different and new i tricacies to the SW universe.

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STOP USING SAW

Great book, But he don’t need to be in every single piece of Star Wars. He died in rogue one. All he does is kill our favorite teams like Tech from the Bad batch. Yall gotta stop with him.

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POLITICS!

Cool mix of action and politics. Awesome to have a story centered around the fall the republic into the first years of the empire!

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The beginning of the Alliance

This book did an excellent job of bringing the Republic era characters to the starting point they needed to be at to start the Rebellion.

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Good, but really slow

Not a bad book—just a slow read for me. If you're looking for something to read (aka listen) just because, this might not be the one for you.

But if you're interested in the backstory and want something that lays a strong foundation, this is your book.

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Just what I wanted

A deeply political and thrilling story that dives into the ideology and motivations of various factions throughout the galaxy. Perfect.

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The untold story of the Senate

I really enjoyed getting the behind the story of Senator Mathma and Organa. Took a bit to develope the characters but still enjoyed it. lots of action and intrigue.

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Essential back story to the Rebellion

As a whole, I very much so enjoyed everything in this book. The first part had me ho-humming a little, but I’m so glad that I allowed myself to just be told a story. Everyone in this book went into a direction and had an aspect of their part of the Rebellion, and to see it come together was a very awesome “ah-ha” moment to see how diverse the points of view strong figures of it have. I have fallen in love with the dramatic, adult centric story this has. I enjoyed Andor, the various novels providing depth to the overall story. This has been my favorite novels in this story line thus far. I feel it’s been able to show Saw, Mon and Bail as actual characters and how they have to bridge their differences for the same cause for their own reasons, to accomplish the same end goal. Very cool book, I look forward to more. Give. Me. More!

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ok story

the story is not bad I'm really tired of the subtle they them crap it just detracts from the story and it makes no sense part of the story makes you seem like there's two people or there's only really one it's annoying concentrate on the story and it'd be a better book

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