Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
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| Author | Christie Golden |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Star Wars Star Wars Battlefront |
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| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | July 25, 2017 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| Followed by | Heir to the Jedi, by Kevin Hearne |
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad is a novel that is set in the Star Wars Universe and written by Christie Golden.[1] The novel was published in 2017 by Del Rey Books.[2] The story takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977).[3] Inferno Squad is the second book in the Star Wars: Battlefront tie-in novel series, following Battlefront: Twilight Company. The novel follows Iden Versio, protagonist of the Star Wars Battlefront II single-player campaign. The book focuses on Inferno Squad's creation and its early missions.
Plot summary
[edit | edit source]The book starts with Iden as a TIE Fighter pilot protecting the Death Star from the Rebel Alliance's starfighters at the Battle of Yavin. We then see her and other Imperials called to a secret meeting. Iden's father forms Inferno Squad, a special forces unit, and they are given a mission to recover blackmail material from an Imperial Governor. Then, they must extract a rebel that decides to side with the Galactic Empire, betraying the other rebels. After the team recovers a data chip from that mission, they go on an undercover mission to join the Dreamers, a rebel partisan group that is the sole remnant of Saw Gerrera's Rebels.[4] Eventually, the rebel group is destroyed and Iden encounters the mysterious advisor of the group. He turns out to be Lux Bonteri, a character in the animated series The Clone Wars and former senator and friend of Saw Gererra.
Main characters
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Iden Versio serves as the main protagonist of the story while Gideon Hask, Del Meeko and Seyn Marana serve as secondary protagonists and Staven as the antagonist. Garrick Versio has a supporting role.
Publishing
[edit | edit source]This book was published by Del Rey Books, a division of Penguin Random House. This book was initially released on July 25, 2017.[5]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Megan Crouse of Den of Geek gave the book a 3.5 out of 5 rating, and said that "After the first half is over, the tie-in novel loses some steam, but fans [...] will probably be satisfied by the majority of the story."[6] Nerdist wrote: "I couldn’t quite cheer for the successes Inferno Squad found, but I was riveted and invested in what happened next."[7] Dork Side of the Force said the novel has a handful of memorable moments and cool connections to the canon.[8]
See also
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