Annihilation is a Legends novel set in the Old Republic by veteran Star Wars author Drew Karpyshyn, who also wrote the great Darth Bane Trilogy and the Old Republic novel Revan. As almost all of the Old Republic novels have, this one includes a lot of Sith infighting and jockeying for power. In this novel, the Sith Emperor is missing and presumed dead. Darth Karrid, who is commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiser Ascendant Spear, tries to take control and bring Sith domination to the galaxy. The story's protagonist, Theron Shan, who is the son of a Jedi Master but not a force-user himself, heads a mission to destroy the Ascendant Spear in a joint operation between the Republic Military, the Republic's Strategic Information Service, and the Jedi Order.
The hardcover version of the book is about 330 pages long. While no characters from the Skywalker saga are in the book, the story needs only a little character development. It is easy to follow, and thus the book reads quickly. The book tells a good one-off story that does not require reading any of the other novels to follow. It has a good blend of action and intrigue. I personally like the old Sith stories when there were a bunch of Sith all trying to take control and sabotage each other. There is definitely a lot of that in this book. I would not say that the story in this book is as good as the Darth Bane trilogy. Unlike the Bane story, this one is not likely to ever be folded into the canon material, but even so, it is still worth reading.
The hardcover version of the book is about 330 pages long. While no characters from the Skywalker saga are in the book, the story needs only a little character development. It is easy to follow, and thus the book reads quickly. The book tells a good one-off story that does not require reading any of the other novels to follow. It has a good blend of action and intrigue. I personally like the old Sith stories when there were a bunch of Sith all trying to take control and sabotage each other. There is definitely a lot of that in this book. I would not say that the story in this book is as good as the Darth Bane trilogy. Unlike the Bane story, this one is not likely to ever be folded into the canon material, but even so, it is still worth reading.
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