Star Wars: Reign of the Empire The Mask of Fear Alexander Freed496 pages, Hardcover / Audiobook.Published February 2025 by Random House Worlds I tend not to write long reviews for audiobook listens. I started reading this novel in print and finished on audio. Recently, it was announced that Star Wars was going to publish a trilogy of book that set up the events of Andor/ Rogue One. That is what SW tie-in novels do. I started to wonder when reading this if Freed the author, didn’t put the whole trilogy into this one 500-page beast.
For those looking for more SW that feels like Andor, this is a fairly interesting read. It does give some good background to Bail and Mon Mothma, but the highlight was Soujen, Saw’s very alien-looking friend. There is lots of political stuff, spy craft, and the like.
Did it deepen the SW universe? A little, maybe, was it worth 500 pages of my reading time? It felt long. It was well-written, but too many pages in my opinion. Better audio experience, because I could do dishes, walk etc. Perfect for that. 
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