Product Description

In the midst of the Clone Wars, Master Mace Windu returns to his Separatist-occupied homeworld, where his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, has been working as an undercover agent. But Depa hasn't been reporting in lately, and Republic intelligence has been gathering disturbing hints of bloody ambushes and terror-strikes in the deep outback. Mace trained Depa--he knows that no one but he can hope to even reach her, let alone save her from the darkness...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107887 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
In the midst of the Clone Wars, Master Mace Windu returns to his Separatist-occupied homeworld, where his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, has been working as an undercover agent. But Depa hasn't been reporting in lately, and Republic intelligence has been gathering disturbing hints of bloody ambushes and terror-strikes in the deep outback. Mace trained Depa--he knows that no one but he can hope to even reach her, let alone save her from the darkness...

From the Publisher
A must-read for everyone who saw STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and looks forward to seeing STAR WARS: EPISODE III! A special treat for fans of the Mace Windu character from the movie and for fans of Jedi action in general.

About the Author
Matt Stover is the author of five previous novels, including STAR WARS: NJO: TRAITOR and HEROES DIES and THE BLADE OF TYSHALLE. He is an expert in several marital arts. Matt Stover lives in Chicago.

Customer Reviews

Shatterpoint, by M W Stover
There were parts of this book that were very well written - action packed sequences which flowed well and were truly exciting. Unfortunately I just felt that there were extended sections, particularly in the jungle, with did not appeal to me at all. I just didn't see much point to them. This does not mean to say that they were written badly! My major gripe - which I believe spoiled parts of the books - is with the author's use of Mace Windu's diary entries. I do not think they sat very well in the novel at all.

Stover finds his Shatterpoint
One of the hardest tasks in Star Wars fiction writing is taking a character created by George Lucas who, although appearing for not very long in any of the films, is still a fundamental character to the overall story. This is the only fiction novel that features Mace Windu in the lead role and Matthew Stover has taken Windu's brief, but nevertheless important, appearances and created a complete story around the Jedi Master.
Stover's premise is that Mace's Force sensitivity is knowing where the shatterpoint for any situation or person, the point which will literally shatter the prevailing situation and change the outcome. Following the start of the Clone Wars, Mace is haunted by the knowledge that he knew what the shatterpoint for the Battle of Geonosis was. It was for him to kill Dooku when he had the chance and because he didn't, the Clone Wars is its outcome.
Mace is dispatched to the jungle planet Haruun Kal, incidentally his own homeworld, to locate his former padawan who appears to have gone rogue. Stover succeeds in giving us a valuable insight into the mind of this Jedi Council Master as he contemplates the outcome of his (in)actions at Geonosis whilst he tries to survive in an almost impassable jungle which just happens to be populated by Force sensitive natives and animals.
Stover successfully conveys the paradox that is the complexity of jungle life with its primitive way of living.

The New Mace Windu
I like this book. Like most Star Wars fans out there, I was eager to learn more about the Clone Wars. I have read about many battles between the Republic and the Separatists, droids versus clones, but this book goes into the real sufferers of the war. They involve Jedi Master Depa Billaba, who was previously not well known in the galaxy. What I find good about this book though, is we see a different Mace Windu. The tough-fighting, ultimately cool Jedi Master is shown in a different light in this book, when his emotions for former Padawan Billaba are put to the test. The idea of documenting Windu's private journals was pure genius, and I am glad to see the name 'Nick' finally used in the Star Wars galaxy! All round a great read.