Star Wars: Republic Commando - True Colors

True Colors is what most SW books are not: intelligent, dramatic, internally realistic, and morally complex. A sequel to the previous Republic Commando novel, Triple Zero, True Colors follows Delta and Omega Squads as they seek to capture scientist Ko Sai, the master geneticist of the Republic's clone army. Having fled Kamino with records of the cloning program, she's now being hunted by Palpatine and other commercial... Read Full Review

It is giving nothing away to observe that True Colors, like the two works preceding it, is about clone warriors. What I love about True Colors is that it takes the Star Wars concept of identical soldiers, cloned for only one purpose - to fight and die on command - and examines that concept, shakes it down, and ultimately turns it inside out. For me, this is the essence of military science fiction, a sub-genre that I love:... Read Full Review

Another great read from Ms. Traviss. In True Colors, we see more of Delta and Omega squads as they are sent on their way across the Galaxy Far Far Away to fight for the Republic. The squads are not the same as they were in Hard Contact, they've seen too much to think that Jedi are infallible or that military procurement is working in their best interest. At times, they are obviously fatigued from all the fighting in their... Read Full Review

Forget that it's a Star Wars tie-in, for that matter forget even that it's science fiction. Those are just the scenery - albiet exquisite and terrifically well used scenery - in this absolutely gripping military drama. Once again Karen Traviss has turned the ultimate in interchangable cast members - clone soldiers - into deep, complicated, and incredibly sympathetic and powerfully written people. The very title is a clue to... Read Full Review

Lots of military action and tactical detail along with good soap opera. Like any good science fiction author karen Traviss might just as well be writing about our own time. Leaders insist that nothing less than the whole galaxies way of life is at stake, yet can't muster the political will to ask the average citizens to sacrifice for it's defence. A professional clone army is the ultimate in outsourcing. The clones like what... Read Full Review