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Wayne and I actually review a novel!  We review X-Wing: Wraith Squadron  by Aaron Allston.  We get back to our roots.  There is no guest today.  We just break down a novel and chase quite a few rabbits.

We also geek out for the first time in a while.

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This is a spoiler conscious review of X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston.

Books or Series Mentioned

X-Wing: Wraith Squadron

X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble

X-Wing: Rogue Squadron

X-Wing Series

Paradise Snare

In this book, Wedge Antillies wants to create a new X-Wing squadron that specializes not in just piloting skills, but in more commando type skills from machinery to bombs to snipers and so on.  He wants to create a squadron that is as dangerous on the ground than in the air.  Let me just say that this was a brilliant move by the powers that be in the Star Wars creative team.  We saw quickly in the second book of the X-Wing series X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble that there are just as many ground missions as flying missions in the life of an X-Wing squadron.  Wedge would have noticed this in his time with this new Rogue Squadron, and the fact that this is recognized by Wedge.  Then, he wanted to create a team better equipped than his Rogues to handle these ground missions was completely logical, and I applaud the logical next step that Allston takes in continuing this saga.

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