The future looming over the valiant Jedi and his staunch pals promises to be dark and brief, because there's no secret whatsoever about the harshest truth of all: Few indeed are those who tangle with Darth Vader. Worse yet, Darth Vader's relentless search for Jax is about to end. While Jax believes that I-5YQ holds some of those answers, he never imagines that the truth could be shocking enough to catapult him to the frontlines of a plot to kill Emperor Palpatine. But Jax is also involved in another struggle-to unlock the secrets of his father's death and his own past. Throughout the galaxy, a captured Jedi is a dead Jedi, even in Coruscant's most foul subterranean slums, where Jedi Knight Jax Pavan champions the causes of the oppressed with the help of hard-nosed reporter Den Dhur and the wisecracking droid I-5YQ. The conclusion was a bit off, particularly the fight with Darth Vader, who was not as imposing as he should have been, especially considering how well Reaves had depicted him in the previous book, but that doesn't stop this from being a solidly above-average conclusion to a previously average storyline.After the Empire's bloody purge of the Jedi, one lone Knight still fights for those who cannot, unaware that he's about to be swept into a cataclysmic battle against the Master of Darkness himself. Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who survived the slaughter of Order 66. They really are shaken up and changed by what transpires. Michael Reaves Star Wars: Coruscant Nights III - Patterns of Force Paperback Shop Now Summary The third of three related novels starring Jedi Jax Pavan, droid I-5YQ, and journalist Den Dhur during the time directly after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Most of the novel is taken up by the various characters Reaves had so well constructed over the first two books reacting, often in unexpected yet plausible ways, to these developments. Both wildcards are a little farfetched- the characters seem very optimistic about their chances of reaching Palpatine, and I didn't buy that the kid could have somehow gone unnoticed until now- but worth it for the conflict they introduce. This novel introduces a couple wildcards into the cozy world of Jax Pavan and his band of Resistance fighters: a plot to assassinate Emperor Palpatine and a powerful young Force adept who has the power to fight back. To my surprise, it turned out to be the best of the series- perhaps because it abandons all pretense of that premise. I was somewhat underwhelmed by the first two Coruscant Nights novels, which I felt had not really delivered on the Jedi detective/Coruscant noir premise they had been billed under, so I didn't expect much out of this, the final installment of the trilogy.
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