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  • A Novel of the Old Republic
  • By: Drew Karpyshyn
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
  • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,866 ratings)
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Dynasty of Evil

By: Drew Karpyshyn
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Summary

Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient order devoted to the dark side and reinvented it as a circle of two: one Master to wield the power and pass on the wisdom, and one apprentice to learn, challenge, and ultimately usurp the Dark Lord in a duel to the death. But Bane’s acolyte, Zannah, has yet to engage her Master in mortal combat and prove herself a worthy successor. Determined that the Sith dream of galactic domination will not die with him, Bane vows to learn the secret of a forgotten Dark Lord that will assure the Sith’s immortality - and his own.

A perfect opportunity arises when a Jedi emissary is assassinated on the troubled mining planet Doan, giving Bane an excuse to dispatch his apprentice on a fact-finding mission - while he himself sets out in secret to capture the ancient holocron of Darth Andeddu and its precious knowledge. But Zannah is no fool. She knows that her ruthless Master has begun to doubt her, and she senses that he is hiding something crucial to her future. If she is going to claim the power she craves, she must take action now.

While Bane storms the remote stronghold of a fanatical Sith cult, Zannah prepares for her Master’s downfall by choosing an apprentice of her own: a rogue Jedi cunning and cold-blooded enough to embrace the Sith way and to stand beside her when she at last wrests from Bane the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.

But Zannah is not the only one with the desire and power to destroy Darth Bane. Princess Serra of the Doan royal family is haunted by memories of the monstrous Sith soldier who murdered her father and tortured her when she was a child. Bent on retribution, she hires a merciless assassin to find her tormentor - and bring him back alive to taste her wrath.

Only a Sith who has taken down her own Master can become Dark Lord of the Sith. So when Bane suddenly vanishes, Zannah must find him - possibly even rescue him - before she can kill him. And so she pursues her quarry from the grim depths of a ravaged world on the brink of catastrophe to the barren reaches of a desert outpost, where the future of the dark side’s most powerful disciples will be decided, once and for all, by the final, fatal stroke of a lightsaber.

©2012 Drew Karpyshyn (P)2012 Random House Audio

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What an amazing series

This trilogy was absolutely amazing. I found that I could not stop listening to the storyline taking you from the very beginnings of Darth Bane all the way to the end. With the twists and turns you were never quite sure how he was going to react and how Zannah was going to progress.



The story line kept my ears stuck to the headset, Jon Davis made you hear all the characters involved and I felt quite immersed into the History of Darth Bane himself wanting to know more and more. With the Trilogy I was quite excited listening.



My only disappointment was that the story eventually had to end.



Great read for anyone interested in the Star Wars themes books.

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Amazing

This trilogy is one of the most amazing pieces of StarWars lore I have ever heard. The story is told extremely well and even through the dark side it is inspiring and motivating. Highly recommend.

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Thrilling!

I'm new to Star Wars novels but a die hard fan of fantasy & Sci Fi. I'm very aware of how difficult it is to write credible plots, twists, surprises and decent stories. Motives are not always clear and things tend to become muddled in bad books.

Characters are not easy to craft and I'm hard to impress after being exposed to San Dan Glokta in The First Law series.There are a great many disappointing books in the world but this isn't one of them.

I won't go into spoilers... this book was an experiment as I sought to be entertained by writers that I didn't know in a franchise that had over 60 books vying for my attention. I will say that Dynasty of Evil is imaginative, expansive and beautifully diverse. There are several well detailed characters and I actually understood their motives (which is a very common gripe of mine....) and development arcs. These people did things I understood. They failed to do things that were daft or sincerely misguided. If mistakes were made... they were recognisably plausible. I liked that. It was plausible which (if I'm honest) is very rare when I look for a good story.

Don't you just hate it when seemingly intelligent, likeable characters do ridiculous things to ignite a plot?

Buy this book. It deserves to be enjoyed.

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Want more

loved the darth bane trilogy would like darth zannah books to carry on with these characters I've come to love

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Great action and snappy plot

The narrator is great as usual but with the same issues as before, namely that he forgets he's doing a British accent and falls into the typical pitfalls that plague many Americans with some mispronounced words here and there. Also the way he says "variance" is weird.

Great plot, one of my favourite Star Wars stories outside the movies. This is the culmination of a fantastic trilogy which is strongly recommended.

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If you love Starwars universe, this is definitely for you!

The only disappointment is..... There is not another book to continue the story! A fantastic production that you'll visit again and again!

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Great story and the story telling

Very nice story and audible I liked the pace the voice and the characters enjoyed every bit

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Easily the best unrecognised Star Wars series ever

This trilogy is incredible, we will never again see something like it again, and can only hope on day it is brought to life for everyone to experience in its 18+ Gory Gritty Evil Bad Guy glory

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Fantastic end to the Darth Bane trilogy!

Couldn't really ask for more for a third and final instalment. All the awesome searching for relics, awesome callbacks to previous events and characters, and a satisfying ending which made me happy for all characters involved. Only thing preventing this being 5 stars is that the start is a little slow. Otherwise, brilliant ending!

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Brilliant

I Loved it is one of the best Starwars stories ever looking forward to more by the same author

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