Darth Bane: Path of Destruction and its recently released sequel Darth Bane: Rule of Two are adventures into the very depths of the dark side of the force that will give the reader a fresh new perspective on the age old battle between good and evil. The evolution of Darth Bane from hard working cortosis miner to Sith Lord unfolds in a way that gives you some true empathy towards our anti-hero's path of trechery and deception. I actually found myself cheering for the dark side as our hero/anti-hero struggles to understand the true potential of this awesome power.


The story is set in a time three thousand years before Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. A period of time when the Sith numbers are many and the rule of two is somehow lost to the ages. A rule that allows only one Sith Lord to exist at a time with one apprentice. One to embody the power, the other to crave it. It's pure Star Wars excitement as you get to see the Sith Army deal with a genuine misfit and troublemaker within their ranks. Drew Karpyshyn has a real talent for weaving intergalactic characters together in a way that feels natural and intoxicating at the same time.

The sequel begins the story of Darth Bane's new apprentice, a spunky 10 year old girl who has had some tough breaks in her short life. This is the character that gives the series its balance and provides a fantastic perspective on the dark side from a female point of view.  I would guess if George Lucas made this story into a movie as it is the people at the ratings board would have to give it an R rating just for the brilliant manner in which the dark side gets depicted and glorified. I wonder if my own personal allegience to the Jedi order would be as strong if I had experienced this story when I was nine years old instead of the first Star Wars movie back in 1978?

This is my first book review, and the above links will take you to an Amazon.com page if you're interested in buying a new or used copy of this story. Amazon is a solid company that has never given me any trouble when I've ordered from them. We get a small percent of your purchase as one of their new affliates, so thanks in advance if you choose to support us in that way.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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