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Riptide

por Paul S. Kemp

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Series: Jaden Korr (2), Star Wars Novels (41.5 ABY), Star Wars Legends/ EU (non-canon) (41.5 ABY), La guerra de las galaxias [franquicia] (41.5 ABY)

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Anyone can escape danger. No one can escape the truth.

When a ship full of Sith warriors arrived in Galactic Alliance space, the fight to destroy it accidentally uncovered a hidden menace: a long-hidden group of clones, secretly created as insidious weapons capable of wielding the Force and heedless of the differences between light side and dark side. Now the clones have escaped--and evidence suggests that they are flawed by genetic disease and violent madness.

Jedi Knight Jaden Korr pursues the clones, hoping to heal them but prepared to destroy them. What he doesn't know is that Sith agents are hot on his heels, determined not only to recover the clones for their Master but to capture Jaden for their own dark-side purposes. In a life-or-death battle, Jaden will confront a shocking reality that will rock him to his core and bring him face-to-face with the question of what makes a man . . . and a Jedi.

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

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‘Star Wars: Riptide’ by Paul S. Kemp is a follow up to ‘Star Wars: Crosscurrent’ and features many of the same characters. To avoid plot spoilers it is best not to read this review if you haven’t read ‘Crosscurrent’ yet, which you should do. It’s quite good.

Following the events in ‘Star Wars: Crosscurrent’, the clones exit their dead moon on the ship that belonged to the Arzat assassin Kell Douro. Jedi Knight Jaden Korr pursues them, assisted by Khedryn and Marr, the interstellar scrap merchants who got involved in the last adventure. Marr has some Force sensitivity and Jaden starts training him in Jedi ways. Khedryn is learning to be less self-centred and more concerned with the rest of the galaxy. He’s a bit of a Han Solo sort, the devil-may-care adventurer with a secret heart of gold.

The bad guys are interesting here. Darth Wyyrlok wants Jaden Korr alive, for reasons unknown, and dispatches two Umbarans called Nyss and Syll, a brother and sister pair who somehow nullify a chap’s connection to the Force by their very presence. All things are connected to the Force but Nyss and Syll are not. They are a kind of hole, a vacancy, and can make themselves undetectable to Force users. They have another clone helping them which they term an Iteration, to be activated when needed. Nyss soon shows himself to be both deadly and ruthless.

Meanwhile, the clones that started all this trouble, the ones who escaped from the moon, are heading for some mystical presence they call Mother which is calling them across the galaxy through a female named Seer who hears that entities summons. The world of ‘Star Wars’ now covers a long span of years and evidently has a kind of pre-history, ancient civilisations that preceded both the Republic and the Empire and had different kinds of science. There is mention of Rakatan technology in connection with Mother and of an even older race, half-legendary, called the Celestials. Of course, all this stuff may be familiar to die-hard fans but it was new to me and added pleasing depth to the whole ‘Star Wars’ concept. The clones are dying from a condition acquired in the last book and hope that Mother can save them. Even though they are given to lopping the heads and limbs off people who get in their way, author Paul S. Kemp manages to elicit some sympathy for their plight.

This is a fine action/adventure story with lots of fighting, chasing and last minute escapes for the heroes, just like in the movies. In fact, it reads like the novelisation of a pretty good film. It’s never slow and the pace picks up to breakneck speed at the end as all the protagonists come together for a grand finale. ‘Star Wars: Riptide’ is just as good as ‘Star Wars: Crosscurrent’ and might be even better. A solid, entertaining contribution to the franchise. I wouldn’t mind more adventures featuring Jaden Korr and his mates.

Eamonn Murphy
This review first appeared at https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/ ( )
  bigfootmurf | Aug 11, 2019 |
Riptide is about a jedi named Jaden. Jaden is injured at the beginning with only 7 fingers while fighting a clone with a connection to the force on Fhost. Right now, though, he is looking for the remaining clones while being hunted by a umbaran that can cut people off of the force. He currently has 2 friends, which are Marr and Kyhedren. Marr is also his apprentice. When he fights Soldier, he realizes that Soldier is a clone of him. Kheydren is captured and is locked up. Then the Umbaran kills a few clones, so there are only three left; Seer, Grace, and Soldier. Then they come to this station that was organic and Seer is possessed by something called Mother. Mother tries to kill everyone else. But then the Umbaran comes in, and of course, Jaden kills him but another clone of Jaden has this spike thing which he uses to transfer Jaden's memories into him, which kills the original Jaden. Marr plants the spike in clone Jaden and cuts off the same three fingers so Jaden won't be confused.

This book is awesome for Star Wars fans. Even though it isn't canon anymore (or is it) it's still an amazing book. I think you should also read Star Wars CrossCurrent first, which is where Jaden loses his three fingers. This book has a lot of interesting concepts, like the cult of Mother, at least until they learn that Mother is trying to kill them and all of that crap.
  LoganC.BG3 | Jun 2, 2017 |
While [b:Crosscurrent|6526328|Crosscurrent (Star Wars)|Paul S. Kemp|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320436817s/6526328.jpg|6718266] had some originality, this story was nothing but a whore-story for the Fate of the Jedi sub-series.

Part of me didn't mind, because it fleshed out the baddy in FotJ, but Kemp kept throwing around Thrawn-era" like it was a magic term and would make us the readers love his story through word-association instead of for its own merits.

And since the ending was so open ended, it will either have another book after it, or something in [b:Apocalypse|6100859|Apocalypse (Star Wars Fate of the Jedi, #9)|Troy Denning|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307286038s/6100859.jpg|10212983] will make this necessary reading for the hardcore Star Wars fan.

The ebook version was STUFFED with chapters from other books. So the real page count was down under 200. Not cool!" ( )
  BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 |
Riptide is the follow-up to the novel Crosscurrent, also by Paul S. Kemp. I was not a fan of Crosscurrent as I found the storyline involving a Jedi from the galaxy’s past interacting with a current day, Luke Skywalker-trained Jedi to be unappealing, Additionally, I found that in the first book, Jaden Kor was an extremely boring character who seemed to simply question again and again his role and goal as a Jedi. However, that being said, Riptide was MUCH better than its precursor.

In this novel, Jaden finally had a purpose and a goal and as stated in the book, was much more comfortable with himself in general. Instead of constantly reflecting on things he had done in the past, he was looking to the future and trying to move forward. This was seen in his creation of a new lightsaber, he acceptance of the loss of several fingers as a mark of where he had been and a symbolic ‘recreation of himself’ and the fact that he took a Jedi apprentice. Therefore, instead of dreading the whining self-reflection of Jaden, in this book I enjoyed the sections with Jaden much more. The ancillary characters were also much better realized in this book with Marr (Jaden’s new apprentice) and Khedryn the Han Solo-like pilot playing important roles. Since I actually cared about these characters in this book, the jeopardy was increased significantly versus the first book.

I also enjoyed the mission in this book – tracking down Jedi clones who are crazed and ill and therefore a threat to others – to be more appealing than again turning back an ‘ancient’ threat that moved forward in time as in Crosscurrent. The Jedi clones were actually interesting characters of their own right and I enjoyed the mystery of how and why they had been created. I also thought the story arc of Soldier, the only ‘perfect’ clone and ironically a clone of Jaden himself to be relatively thought-provoking. It brought up questions of how much the environment shaped a person versus memories and their DNA and it played nicely into the ending twist involving Jaden.

Where I thought this book fell short was in the additional levels of threat that it decided to add. Specifically, having a small group of One Sith trying to obtain the clones as well as Jaden, pursuing them and getting involved in the action IN ADDITION to having an ancient Sith spirit calling the clones to her with the intent to take over the body of one of the clones and escape her ancient prison. I was okay with the One Sith and having them involved, working against the current day Jedi as a new Sith threat. I was also okay with the concept of having the clones believe that there was a spirit calling them and to have the Clones seeking this spirit. However, when that spirit ended up trying to take over their bodies, etc, etc, it seemed to be too much. I would have preferred that the clone Seeker was hearing voices in her head simply from her connection to the Force rather than having it be an actual Sith spirit.

For me the book managed to climb back up to a satisfying finish with the twist involving Marr and Jaden and the clones. I am actually upset that with the advent of the new Star Wars publishing we will not be able to see the next step of Jaden Korr’s evolution that was hinted at in the end of this book. I think having him wrestle with issues of identity and deal with what could be seen as Marr’s betrayal would be interesting. Additionally, the character of Khedryn was at a place at the end of Riptide where he was contributing to the missions in his own way and he was a nice counterpoint to the Jedi. Maybe some day the follow-up will be seen in some format to give the readers some closure to Jaden’s story. ( )
  ethomov | Jul 14, 2015 |
Riptide is the follow-up to the novel Crosscurrent, also by Paul S. Kemp. I was not a fan of Crosscurrent as I found the storyline involving a Jedi from the galaxy’s past interacting with a current day, Luke Skywalker-trained Jedi to be unappealing, Additionally, I found that in the first book, Jaden Kor was an extremely boring character who seemed to simply question again and again his role and goal as a Jedi. However, that being said, Riptide was MUCH better than its precursor.

In this novel, Jaden finally had a purpose and a goal and as stated in the book, was much more comfortable with himself in general. Instead of constantly reflecting on things he had done in the past, he was looking to the future and trying to move forward. This was seen in his creation of a new lightsaber, he acceptance of the loss of several fingers as a mark of where he had been and a symbolic ‘recreation of himself’ and the fact that he took a Jedi apprentice. Therefore, instead of dreading the whining self-reflection of Jaden, in this book I enjoyed the sections with Jaden much more. The ancillary characters were also much better realized in this book with Marr (Jaden’s new apprentice) and Khedryn the Han Solo-like pilot playing important roles. Since I actually cared about these characters in this book, the jeopardy was increased significantly versus the first book.

I also enjoyed the mission in this book – tracking down Jedi clones who are crazed and ill and therefore a threat to others – to be more appealing than again turning back an ‘ancient’ threat that moved forward in time as in Crosscurrent. The Jedi clones were actually interesting characters of their own right and I enjoyed the mystery of how and why they had been created. I also thought the story arc of Soldier, the only ‘perfect’ clone and ironically a clone of Jaden himself to be relatively thought-provoking. It brought up questions of how much the environment shaped a person versus memories and their DNA and it played nicely into the ending twist involving Jaden.

Where I thought this book fell short was in the additional levels of threat that it decided to add. Specifically, having a small group of One Sith trying to obtain the clones as well as Jaden, pursuing them and getting involved in the action IN ADDITION to having an ancient Sith spirit calling the clones to her with the intent to take over the body of one of the clones and escape her ancient prison. I was okay with the One Sith and having them involved, working against the current day Jedi as a new Sith threat. I was also okay with the concept of having the clones believe that there was a spirit calling them and to have the Clones seeking this spirit. However, when that spirit ended up trying to take over their bodies, etc, etc, it seemed to be too much. I would have preferred that the clone Seeker was hearing voices in her head simply from her connection to the Force rather than having it be an actual Sith spirit.

For me the book managed to climb back up to a satisfying finish with the twist involving Marr and Jaden and the clones. I am actually upset that with the advent of the new Star Wars publishing we will not be able to see the next step of Jaden Korr’s evolution that was hinted at in the end of this book. I think having him wrestle with issues of identity and deal with what could be seen as Marr’s betrayal would be interesting. Additionally, the character of Khedryn was at a place at the end of Riptide where he was contributing to the missions in his own way and he was a nice counterpoint to the Jedi. Maybe some day the follow-up will be seen in some format to give the readers some closure to Jaden’s story. ( )
  ethomov | Jul 14, 2015 |
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

Anyone can escape danger. No one can escape the truth.

When a ship full of Sith warriors arrived in Galactic Alliance space, the fight to destroy it accidentally uncovered a hidden menace: a long-hidden group of clones, secretly created as insidious weapons capable of wielding the Force and heedless of the differences between light side and dark side. Now the clones have escaped--and evidence suggests that they are flawed by genetic disease and violent madness.

Jedi Knight Jaden Korr pursues the clones, hoping to heal them but prepared to destroy them. What he doesn't know is that Sith agents are hot on his heels, determined not only to recover the clones for their Master but to capture Jaden for their own dark-side purposes. In a life-or-death battle, Jaden will confront a shocking reality that will rock him to his core and bring him face-to-face with the question of what makes a man . . . and a Jedi.

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

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