Review: Star Wars: Battlefront II: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden

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Star Wars: Battlefront II: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden
Publishing Information: Hardback; 307 pgs
Publisher: Del Ray; 25 July 2017
ISBN: 9781524796808
Series
Copy: Out of Pocket
Reviewer: Tyson

Synopsis: "The Rebellion may have heroes like Jyn Erso and Luke Skywalker. But the Empire has Inferno Squad.

After the humiliating theft of the Death Star plans and the resulting destruction of the battle station, the Empire is on the defensive. In response to this stunning defeat, the Imperial Navy has authorized the formation of an elite team of soldiers, known as Inferno Squad. Their mission: infiltrate and eliminate the remnants of Saw Gerrera’s Partisans. Following the death of their leader, the Partisans have carried on his extremist legacy, determined to thwart the Empire—no matter what the cost. Now, Inferno Squad must prove their status as the best of the best and take down the Partisans from within. But as the danger intensifies and the threat of discovery grows, how far will Inferno Squad go to ensure the safety of the Empire?"

With EA Games upcoming release of the Star Wars Battlefront II video game, the tie-in novel was bound to happen. This novel takes the prospective of the Empire where the last novel, Star Wars: Battlefront: Twilight Company (review here) took the prospective of the Rebel Alliance. In Inferno Squad we have a small specialized unit that is tasked with infiltrating the remains of Saw Gerrera's (from the movie Star Wars Rogue One) resistance group "The Dreamers" and eliminating them from the inside.

While the novel is well written and takes place inside the Star Wars Universe, it doesn't have much heart. The characters in the novel are all new, although a few minor characters that we have met before do make an appearance, which makes it especially hard to care for them. Our main protagonist, Iden Versio, is a Tie Fighter pilot and daughter to Garrick Versio, the admiral of Imperial Intelligence. She is gifted when it comes to tactical analysis and has been breed fro the military. For all her gifts as a capable military officer, she lacks any personality and I found it virtually impossible to care for her and her unit as they undertake their assignments.

Inferno Squad has a few more individuals that are also very two dimensional. We have Seyn Marana who was originally a elint officer, or electronics intelligence officer, She is a prodigy when it comes to anything computers. The second member of the squad is Del Meeko and his ever evolving droid, he was originally a soldier turned engineer and is able to manufacture nearly anything they need while on mission. Finally, there is Gideon Hask, a family friend of Iden and a fellow Tie Fighter pilot. He is very capable and nearly as intelligent as Iden. Together they make up inferno Squad, a unit created to hunt down the enemies of the Empire after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat at the Battle of Scariff.

Inferno Squad just didn't have the feel of a Star Wars novel, it may take place within the Universe but it failed to launch for me. Perhaps it suffered from taking the side of the Empire or maybe it is because there was little to no growth with the characters as they undertook their mission. Regardless, the book didn't do much for me. I find myself in the same quandary regarding the purchase of the video game as well.

Overall 6/10
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