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Path of Destruction

A Novel of the Old Republic

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Path of Destruction

By: Drew Karpyshyn
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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About this listen

 This essential Star Wars Legends novel is the first in a trilogy chronicling the rise of the fearsome Sith lord Darth Bane.

“A solid space adventure [that] charts the evolution of an antihero almost as chilling as Darth Vader.”—Publishers Weekly

On the run from vengeful Republic forces, Dessel, a cortosis miner, vanishes into the ranks of the Sith army and ships out to join the bloody war against the Republic and its Jedi champions. There Dessel’s brutality, cunning, and exceptional command of the Force swiftly win him renown as a warrior. But in the eyes of his watchful masters, a far greater destiny awaits him.

As an acolyte in the Sith academy, studying the secrets and skills of the dark side, Dessel embraces his new identity: Bane. But the true test is yet to come. In order to gain acceptance into the Brotherhood of Darkness, he must defy the most sacred traditions and reject all he has been taught. It is a trial by fire in which he must surrender fully to the dark side—and forge from the ashes a new era of absolute power. Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera Star Wars Interstellar Scary Bounty Hunter
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Would you listen to Path of Destruction again? Why?
This is a great story enhanced by the Lucas Arts production.
Follows the same genre styles and syncopation as the StarWars movies

What was one of the most memorable moments of Path of Destruction?
Darth Banes realisation threat the Dark Lords of the Sith were not travelling the true path of the Darkside.

Which scene did you most enjoy?
The Apprentice lightsaber drills and challenges.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I don't know that anything moved me, however; I was not in a hurry to stop listening.

Fantastic book. It has sound effects!!!

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Great book, Bane Trilogy is great a great trilogy
highly reccomend this to any star wars fan

exceptional

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This trilogy is one of the greatest star wars tales ever written in my personal opinion & Path of destruction is the best of the three. it has an amazing story with terrific characters. it casts a new light on the lines in the Pantom Menace "Only 2 there are a master & an apprentice no more no less" as well as "the sith have been extinct for more than a millenia." This story is a must listen to for any star wars fan. Darkside forever!

Darth Bane

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I have read quite a few books from the newly established canon but I was interested to learn more about the stuff from legends. This book was amazing and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. it is catered to a more adult audience and it flows really well.

I loved it!

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dunno what to say other then it was a great book and if you like your sith lore you should def give it a whirl

damn good book

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Loved listening to every part of this book, great backstory and as a fan finally getting into the legends universe I was amazed at the amount of depth and backstory there was to the Sith and what led to the rule of two

Great book - highly recommend

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Loved it. An awesome installment in one of the greatest sagas. Will replay this again soon

Epic Read of a Star Wars classic.

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Well I’ve put off this trilogy for a while for no particular reason, probably mainly just cause I’m reading both canon and legends and have literally everything to try catch up on and read. But man I wish I listened to this months ago. Jonathan Davis Is my favourite reader but this isn’t his best performance. But the book is brilliant and gives great insight into the sith lore. Love it

brilliant

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It delves really deep into the ways of the sith and makes them much more relatable and understandable than anything I've seen before :D

Darth Bane

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Learning more about the old republic Sith is awesome and always has been a fascinating concept in the Star Wars universe. I did find it difficult at times to differentiate which characters were speaking at times and who was who but that’s because there are like 4-5 main characters with names starting with K that are all too similar so it’s fair enough I suppose.

The production was really great. There would be some reverb added to the voices if characters were in tunnels, caves etc, rocks crunching beneath their feet, ship, lightsaber and blaster SFX too.

The fact that this one guy was voicing everyone was pretty neat too and for the most part did a great job voicing all these different characters but as I mentioned before there might be some times where you find it hard to differentiate who’s who.

The first 1/3rd was a bit slow paced following Bane’s origin story before he became a Sith and I definitely felt at times it was dragging on but the last 2/3rds certainly picked up in terms of interesting content.

I purchased the second book in the series “Rule Of Two” and am also enjoying that too! I personally consider this stuff Canon despite what Disney thinks lol.

Enjoy!

GREAT STAR WARS STORY

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