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Death Troopers: Star Wars Legends
- Death Troopers
- Narrated by: Sean Kenin
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
The chilling tale of the undead in a galaxy far, far away.
“This is the Star Wars of every horror fan’s dreams—gory, funny, and brimming with a blood-spattered cast of swashbucklers and space-zombies.”—Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
When the Imperial prison barge Purge—temporary home to five hundred of the galaxy’s most ruthless killers, Rebels, scoundrels, and thieves—breaks down in a distant part of space, its only hope appears to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting and seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party from the Purge is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back—bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours, nearly all aboard the Purge die in ways too hideous to imagine.
And death is only the beginning.
The Purge’s half-dozen survivors will do whatever it takes to stay alive. But nothing can prepare them for what lies waiting aboard the Star Destroyer. For the dead are rising: soulless, unstoppable, and unspeakably hungry.
Critic reviews
“Brilliant . . . This book combines two of my favorite things on earth: the Star Wars universe and the undead.”—Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Ian
- 10-12-09
Star Wars with zombies
Atmospheric, dark and descriptive this is one of the best things to happen to the Star Wars expanded universe.
The writing of Joe Schreiber with narration from Sean Kenin combined with some immersive sound effects will have you visualising every gruesome moment in this tale.
It's proven so popular that a sequel is already being written.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Robert
- 17-07-10
Zombies In Space
This is a superb addition to the Star Wars universe, blending horror with sci-fi. It tells the tale of an Imperial Prison Barge that stumbles upon a seemingly deserted Star Destroyer. All is not as it seems, and the boarding party gets infected with a virus that kills them, and then brings them back as the Undead.
Joe Schreiber does a fine job of incorporating zombie lore into his narrative. The narration is superb, and there are just enough sound effects (e.g. blaster shots, the whooshing of doors, the enraged cries of the undead etc.) to add to the atmosphere without becoming distracting (as I originally thought it would when I first started listening to this audiobook). Schreiber creates some marvellous action set pieces, and is not afraid to kill off some of the main characters, creating a genuine sense of tension - the only two characters you can be certain won't become zombie food are the two guest stars from the Star Wars movies - I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I won't name them here.
I happily rate this audiobook as 5 stars, and would recommend it to anyone. Listen and enjoy!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- MR
- 20-02-11
Fanboy's dream?
Star Wars and Zombies--the fanboy's ultimate delight--one of those left-field suggestions that when you hear it you instantly say YES! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE THINK OF THIS EARLIER?
While Schreiber may have written the book, he openly acknowledges that staff at Del Rey books (as well as one of their brother-in-law's) planted the seed and wrote the first outline, and that Schreiber himself was left to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard.)
Thusly, Death Troopers starts out with a solid IDEA: a Zombie outbreak in the Star Wars universe. The first half of the story begins well enough, with the intrigue of a ghost ship yarn (albeit, the ghost ship in question is an imperial star destroyer), before moving through to the chaos of outbreak and infection at breakneck speed. This, unfortunately, is where Schreiber has apparently run out of steam, for the second half of the novel is mainly spent running from the living dead, just trying to find a way to escape, padding out the material as best possible.
It lacks something that's kind of hard to pinpoint, but it seems that you've just heard it all before--I myself found it very similar to the Alien movies--particularly the poor fourth entry. Once the setup is complete our heroes and villains are mainly left wandering dark cramped corridors, running from death snapping (quite literally at points) at their heels. There's no real pay-off, and the predictable stock/cliched subplots, including bio-weapon engineering and vengeance for the death of a father, are really quite uninteresting.
Its real selling point is its premise, which does fall short--however there are some positives: The first half is taut and vivid, and the welcome additions of some well-loved classic characters are well observed and true to character.
More PLOT would have been welcome, as opposed to SETUP, which Schreiber seems to have confused for storytelling. I was quite let down by this--even as an avid SW and ZOMFIC fanboy. Shame, really
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Ryan
- 23-06-22
Good but not great.
Overall I enjoyed the book. The idea behind the story was good but alittle overcomplicated, why carnt a Zombie just be a Zombie.
SPOILERS
My biggest issue was introducing Han Solo and Chewie. It was lazy and pure fan service. His dialog was also over the top, like he was trying to hard to be Han Solo. Combined with the narrator's rather emotionless performance as Han, meant some of the dialog was almost funny at the wrong times.
Overall, take Han and Chewie out and it would of been a higher rating from me.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Mr. C. Pearce
- 06-08-21
great if you like effects when driving
at first I thought this book was noisy but having listened to "dead" audio books this is good for a driving book. story - average.... reading/oration great...... effects- good. total average
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Steven Lynch
- 23-09-23
Brilliant
One of the best Starwars novels I've ever read, and the audiobook more than does it justice. Brilliantly read and performed by Sean Kenin.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 21-09-23
AMAZING
i'm typically hard one the content and delivery of books and audio books but that story and its telling was simply excellent, while it had a slow start the moment it had me hooked i listened right through in one sitting. i highly recommend this is anyone. that enjoys star wars and zombies.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Mr. I. A. Fairhurst
- 20-09-23
Great Listen
Another great Star Wars book. Great story line, an interesting plot, and it has a few surprises.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Alex Foster
- 23-07-23
Great story
Great story with good characters, doesn’t fill me with as much dread as I thought it would
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Alison
- 25-05-23
Absolutely incredible listen
this is only my second listen atm but I'm definitely trying to get more and more into it because some of these are absolutely incredible and this one is no different, the story is just perfection and this has characters that I did NOT expect to turn up, I definitely didn't expect to end up loving most of the original characters too. the narration was absolutely outstanding, made me feel like I was watching a movie.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Morelos
- 16-10-09
Awesome atmospheric Star Wars horror
The Star Wars universe has always been about adventure and might, but being a full grown adult and a fan, I am always in search for good stories in the Expanded Universe.
I had always thought my beloved franchise needed some good mature stories and here it is. Death Troopers is a mature, fast paced story that will make you enjoy this book in one sitting.
The story is heavy on character development and you end up actually caring for what happens to all of them.
Narrative is pretty atmospheric and you feel like you are there, trying to get out of a swarm of monsters that are up for a good lunch.
Now about the narrator. This guy is AWESOME. I am pretty impressed by his quality, his acting skills and how he can switch from a teenage voice to a droid to a girl to a villain. All in a single chapter. If you happen to know him, please tell him I am a huge fan.
The production is also top notch. I has plenty of sounds and atmospheres and clips from the movies.
The book is a blast. Just plain fun and it will give you the creeps rather often.
Fantastic work.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kerry
- 02-06-10
Freaking scary!
Man this book will ENTRANCE you with the horror. At several points I had to stop because it was freaking me out. The chapter transitions which are screamed in a freaky way will really add to freaking you out. And yes thus far I've used the word freak a lot, because this book did a very good job of scaring the bejesus out of me. I had to stop listening to it after hours at work, cuz I was all alone. The narration is AWESOME. They have full dramatization and a full cast as far as I can tell. WARNING: This audio book WILL scare most people. I am no shyster to horror, with all classic horror movies being enjoyable to me. But jeez, the way this book is paced you constantly feel the constraints of the spaceships. There is nowhere safe to run. Nowhere to safe to hide. If horror is your bag, GET THIS AUDIO BOOK! If you are easily frightened stay away!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Thomas
- 16-08-12
Has its moments. Not many, but it does have them.
I've never heard any other narrations by Sean Kenin, but he is stellar here. He uses an array of different voices, accents, and speech patterns so you always know which character is speaking. His natural reading voice is clear and pleasant. I will have to look for more of his work. Strong audio design continues beyond the narration, with licensed Star Wars music and sound effects used throughout for great ambiance.
Unfortunately, the story itself is uneven. While truly good at some points, it is often goofy and always predictable. In addition to being predictable, the author errs, in my opinion, by not providing enough survivors. The initial outbreak claims all but six characters, and two of them are protected by Hero Death Immunity - two canonical characters in a very questionable cameo. No matter how grim things seem for our survivors, there is very little dramatic tension since we know that, at worst, only four of them can possibly suffer any permanent consequences. A larger cast with no "untouchables" would have helped the story considerably.
I would recommend this book to a friend, but only on the condition they were a huge fan of both Star Wars AND zombies.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Tony
- 28-06-17
This should be Canon and turn into a Video Game
What did you love best about Star Wars?
The Film Saga and the video games.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Wars?
That this is the first Star Wars Novel with Gore.
What about Sean Kenin’s performance did you like?
Him reading the whole book makes it a true Horror.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Hell yeah. It just give me chills.
Any additional comments?
This book needs to be Canon and Turned into an M rated Video Game but rename as Undead Troopers.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Logan
- 06-03-10
Great Book
I thought this was a good book, and a good combination of two of my favorite sci fi things; star wars and zombies. One thing to note is that it is incredibly gory, just a fair warning. The narration is great, as are the sound effects.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Jimmy
- 18-10-09
Good read
First I am not a Star Wars fan at all but i am a fan of the author. The book was great if ur in the mood for a scary violent book this one is for you and u dont need to even like star wars to enjoy this book
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Steven Taylor
- 20-06-17
What a great star wars book!
The story is amazing, scary and somber at times. The quality of the narration incredible.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Terje
- 24-06-11
Comes across as fan fiction
This was my first foray in to the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU) and honestly it gives off a "fan fiction" kind of feel. I really can't say that the author is bad, but just wasn't my taste. I do how ever like the added sound effects and the reader did a great job with all the different voices. I will give maybe one more EU book a chance. Fingers crossed.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Nathaniel
- 18-02-10
Zombies + Star Wars = Win
This book is exactly what I was hoping for when I first saw it in the store. A zombie tale based in the Star Wars universe. I really wasn't looking for much more than a well written tale that encompassed that & that's what this is. Could this have been told in any sci-fi universe? Yeah, probably, but it is still cool to see it in this universe.
The zombies aren't ground breaking, but they do several things that are nontraditional which is nice. The author also makes good use of description to make the zombies personal and all the more scary. He also makes good use of small details to tie things together and doesn't forget items introduced early in the book later. There were a few points of escape or people ending up where they weren't expected which would have been nice to have more explanation, but sometimes it's fun just to imagine.
Some have said that the use of actual Star Wars characters didn't save it, but I would rather have not had any iconic characters. They were completely unnecessary as they didn't do anything particularly in line with their characters (nothing was out of line either). They really could have been anyone playing their roles. I would have been happier if all characters had been unique to the story.
Warning for parents of small children: there is a scene with a young Wookie that is just heartbreaking. It was well written and realistically fit with the story, but wow it was hard to hear.
In short you have storm troopers, imperials, Wookies, etc. all in a well written survival horror zombie tale based on a Star Destroyer, what more can you ask for?
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 16-11-09
Zommmmbiesss in Spaaaace!
I gave this book only two stars not because it is that bad a story, but because the Star Wars angle is irrelevant to it. It could just as easily been based in the Star Trek universe or any generic science fiction setting. The narrator is good, the story is OK but nothing groundbreaking, but only the inclusion of two familiar faces makes this a Star Wars novel, and they could have easily been non-canon characters.
In short, this is not your typical Star Wars novel...and I don't necessarily mean that in a good way. It is just a non-exceptional horror novel based in a science fiction setting, with a Lucasfilm licensing agreement. To me, it just felt out-of-place as a Star Wars novel.
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