#master of evil

[fawnidala]

what vader sees while bleeding his kyber crystal.

master of evil - adam christopher.

[qualitymoonsuit]

I just finished reading Star Wars: Master of Evil, by Adam Christopher.

[lesserjoke]

Book #1 of 2026:

Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher

This is a solid but basically unspectacular Star Wars novel, unfortunately saddled with a misleading title, publisher’s summary, and cover art. It’s only a Darth Vader story in that he’s around for a lot of the plot, but he gets just a handful of POV chapters here himself, all concerning mystical Force visions. Instead we’re primarily in the viewpoint of an officer of the Emperor’s red-clad royal guard, who’s secretly assigned to spy on the former Jedi. This is early enough after the prequel film trilogy that Vader is largely an unknown entity across the Empire, and forces like the newly-formed Imperial Security Bureau are jockeying for any available information on him.

There are stronger tales that could be told in that transition era, and the best parts of this one happen near the start, sketching out that element of the worldbuilding. Soon, however, everyone blasts off into hyperspace to look for the latest maguffin, which isn’t nearly as interesting. Along the way author Adam Christopher does some cool stuff with droids overwriting each other’s personalities, and it’s commendable how he deepens the franchise’s treatment of disability with a protagonist suffering a chronic illness, but this is pretty far from the dark descent of Anakin Skywalker that it’s been advertised as.

★★★☆☆

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[qualitymoonsuit]

Back cover of Star Wars: Master of Evil, by Adam Christopher.

[qualitymoonsuit]

Happy New Year, everybody! Yes, this is a new bed, because I made another move last week. I ended 2025 by finishing How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell. It was the last book that I got for my 35th birthday. I'm beginning 2026 by starting the 1st book I got for Christmas. It is called Star Wars: Master of Evil, by Adam Christopher.

[qualitymoonsuit]

Of all the books that I got for Christmas last week, the 1 I'm starting with is called Star Wars: Master of Evil, by Adam Christopher.

[beyond-the-page]

My Top 10 Books - 2025

Technically it is a top 9 but I also did read all the volumes of "The Steel Prince" graphic novels by V.E. Schwab so that could count as #10! :p

[dorkydegeneracy]

Can I just say. . .

Dooku appearing in the prologue of Master of Evil is bad ass.

Granted, I've literally only read the prologue, so I have no other context, but it's pretty obvious that the guy who Dooku is confronting is probably going to be the tie-in to the rest of the story and not Dooku.

Nevertheless, I'm still happy to see my guy in a new Star Wars novel! I'm always down for more Dooku. Any time, any place.

Give me more Yan Dooku!

The real question is should I read Master of Evil?