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  • Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil

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  • By: Timothy Zahn
  • Narrated by: Marc Thompson
  • Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (241 ratings)

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Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil

By: Timothy Zahn
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
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The fate of the Chiss Ascendancy hangs in the balance in the epic finale of the Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy from best-selling author Timothy Zahn.

For thousands of years The Chiss Ascendancy has been an island of calm, a centre of power and a beacon of integrity. Led by the Nine Ruling Families, their leadership stands as a bulwark of stability against the Chaos of the Unknown Regions.

But that stability has been eroded by a cunning foe that winnows away trust and loyalty in equal measure. Bonds of fidelity have given way to lines of division among the families. Despite the efforts of the Expansionary Defense Fleet, the Ascendancy slips closer and closer towards civil war.

The Chiss are no strangers to war. Their mythic status in the Chaos was earned through conflict and terrible deeds, some long buried. Until now. To ensure the Ascendancy's future, Thrawn will delve deep into its past, uncovering the dark secrets surrounding the ascension of the First Ruling Family. But the truth of a family's legacy is only as strong as the legend that supports it. Even if that legend turns out to be a lie.

To secure the salvation of the Ascendancy, is Thrawn willing to sacrifice everything? Including the only home he has ever known?

©2021 Timothy Zahn (P)2021 Penguin Audio

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We now know why

...he was in exile. only annoying thing was the alien voices of the Kilji Illumine , so grating and over the top, totally ruined those dialogues for me.

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great read

any book about The Grand Admiral are just GOLD.
I would love some more and more PRO imperial books too

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Epic end

Enjoyed every bit. An audio masterpiece that I will listen to again! Onto the original Thrawn trilogy again

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Best one yet

Best one of the thrawn ascendency books so far just awesome the voice acting is so so good and the story is even better and yeah listing to this but make sure to listen to the first 2 before this one

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Please stop with the child voices

Top notch production values, overall good narrative performance. Voices of some characters are fairly generic and sound like jack nicholson from a few good men, others like the children are just plain irritating. Story is a snooze fest. Pushed through this trilogy, can’t recommend. Read the Heir to the Empire series instead.

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Thrawn

A perfect set of prequels for one of my favourite series of all time.

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Terrible ending

Characters do things totally out of character simply for story convenience. Thrawn has been made boring and totally uninteresting compared to original trilogy. New characters pop up for no good reason and take up time whilst older characters become forgotten about.

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Brilliance

Loved the book and performance did not disappoint. So much effort goes into ensuring characters are unique. Impressive all around- Star Wars fans this will not disappoint.

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Great ending, overall got boring.

i have listened to the original trilogy twice. The first prequel twice. however these last two books i just couldn't focus or care enough to listen. it just wasnt engaging.

i forced myself through them and enjoyed the ending enough though. kinda want to listen to the originals again. But no interest in the kast two books as a whole. so i guess its a 3.5 review in my opinion.

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I want more but I know I shouldn't

this book is amazing and a fine addition to my collection !! :0 !

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