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Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig
5.0

I recently finished listening to the audiobook version of this. I had been listening to this with one of my kids in the car, anytime we were out and about running errands we would listen to this.

It is great. My son loved it, and I did too.

This series is set shortly after the Return of the Jedi. It primarily follows a set of new characters, but they do interact with characters from the movies (Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, etc.). It is plot heavy and involves the New Republic fighting against the remnants of the Empire.

I have to call out the narrator on this series. He is excellent. He does great voices, it's alway clear which character is speaking and they are all distinct. He does a pretty good job with the movie characters voices, too.

Another nice thing with this audiobook is that it has some sound effects and music. Not overwhelming, but enough to make it interesting. Like a background hum when they are on a spaceship, some blaster sounds in a space battle, and occasional bits of Star Wars music at important moments. It's a really nice touch.

We have already started the third bool.