The Wraiths pretend to be pirates in order to get in Zsinj's good books and then blow him to hell. ...Pretty, what do we blow up first?... The Wraiths are just so darned good at fooling baddies into thinking that they too are baddies! You might even forget they're good guys. Although bad guys are seldom exceptionally lush and the main characters of a book. From some points of view that might be cause for alarm, but we just think it's hoopy. Or Froody, depending on which way you look at it. It's cool anyway. Anyway, this book is really cool, even for an X-Wing book, which are, by definition, cool; that definition being "X-Wing books are about X-Wing pilots." That's actually a fantastic definition. I like it. As opposed to being about the X-Wings themselves, the books are about the X-Wing pilots. Ya know, that actually makes sense now! I was wondering. . . As you may or may not know, Mish and I are pilot groupies, I am not a pilot grou- Ah, what's the point? Sure! and therefore anything with pilots in it is cool. Too right. Even if you're not a pilot groupie, (hah - and who isn't?) you'll love this book! Buy it now, go on, what are you waiting for, an invitation from Mr. Allston himself?!

Face: This is Face's book. **Kat anticipates a "Yey!" from Mish.** YEY!!! (and that's all I have to say about that). We still don't find out all that much about his past, Damnation! but much of the action focuses on him. Horrah! Do we ever need more? I'm forgiving Allston because of this reason. **sighs** Face... We get to see just how deeply he cares about his friends, which is quite "Awww." Awwwwww! Face also gets the girl in this one. Yey. Well, it is and it isn't, ya know? She's really cool, though, so I guess that's okay. Now, if she was some really icky person like, uh, say, Ysanne Iceheart, well, then it would'a been bad, so I guess it's okay. I guess... Now, we're happy that Face found someone to be happy with, but we'd be happier if he was happy with us. You know? Ah, you see, Kat said it better than me. Nice to know someone can make their points clearly around here!

Phanan: Phanan gets way more coverage in this one than the last one, YEY! (once more) as this one focuses on Face, and Phanan is Face's best friend! What better a best friend to have? None! Apart from maybe Kat :) Phanan rocks. Full stop. We get to hear about his past, much of which is quite sad. *Mish gets out her violin and starts playing a shaky if haunting melody. Or 'Memory' from Cats (snigger) Hey, it's the only thing Mish knows how to play, okay? He lost his parents (his only family - I envy him for this. Anyone with siblings would, but still! So sad!!), he got pretty messed up at Endor Awww!, and he lost the will to live. Poor baby! Don't you just want to give him a hug? HellYeah! He's still just as sarcastic, Which is good but there's some depth behind it. Which is even better! And let's face it (tee hee! Snigger), emotional pain is an attractant ;) Oh yes. Oh yes.

It has come to Mish's and my attention that there are people out there who believe in Chapter 12 of this book. We would like to assure these people that Chapter 12 is simply Imp propaganda (much like "The Enemy Within" is Goa'uld propaganda). Phanan is alive and well. For proof of this, go read  The Ton Phanan Chronicles. Long live Face and Phanan!

'Nuff said.

Best Face Quote: "The one woman in all the galaxy immune to my charms? Do you know how often I’ve said, 'Where is she, does she truly exist'?"
                              "I want to thank everyone who retrieved pieces of me, everyone who retrieved pieces of my X-wing, and especially those who sorted them out correctly."

Best Phanan Quote: "That's what I like to hear. Acknowledgement of my superior intellect along with a desire to hurt somebody else very badly. It's a good day for me."
                                   "Hawk-bat Seven, two in the green, all systems charged, and I’ll have a mint liqueur with a lomin-ale chaser."

Best Other Quote: "Bleed and die, yub, yub." -- Wedge Antilles
                                "Your sarcasm generator not getting any power?" -- Wedge Antilles (Hey, he got two quotes. No fair, I'm finding another from someone else...)
                                "You know, pretending to be an Ewok is a felony on some worlds." -- Wes Janson