Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends

Martha Wells

Sep 2013 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by January LaVoy

About this audiobook

When rebels clash with renegades, it’s the Empire that may claim the final victory.

Times are desperate for the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale, Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to negotiate a deal.

But when treachery forces the rebel ship to flee into territory controlled by pirates, Leia makes a shocking discovery: the fierce marauders come from Leia’s homeworld of Alderaan, recently destroyed by the Death Star. These refugees have turned to pillaging and plundering to survive—and they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire . . . if they find out her true identity.

Struggling with intense feelings of guilt, loyalty, and betrayal, Leia is determined to help her wayward kinspeople, even as Imperial forces are closing in on her own crippled ship. Trapped between lethal cutthroats and brutal oppressors, Leia and Han, along with Luke, Chewbacca, and a battle-ready crew, must defy death—or embrace it—to keep the rebellion alive.

“[A] rollicking Star Wars adventure . . . a book that keeps you eagerly turning pages.”—Roqoo Depot

Ratings and reviews

this audiobook sucks mostly due to the flat narration; she doesn't use any inflection for the dialogue and the result is like a boring classroom lecture spoken with a droning monotone which consequently made me lose interest along with the need to constantly backtrack from my wandering attention. Also I believe that if I had just purchased the ebook instead there would still be no pleasure in the story for me. There's no depth to any of the characters outside of the ones made familiar from those already established throughout Star Wars (Han, Leia, Luke, etc..) The supporting cast are written so they sound as if they have no intelligence or ability to be anything more than the target of sarcasm and derision for the main ensemble. This is terribly written and narrated and I have no desire to read anything else written by the author nor read by the narrator and if I had purchased this novel from a regular bookstore I could have at least exchanged it for something better.

About the author

Martha Wells was born in 1964 in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in anthropology. She is the author of fourteen science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as a number of short stories and nonfiction articles. Her books have been published in seven languages.