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City of the Dead (Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear)

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OMG! You have to have this book if you like this series. It's great. But I warn you...it's HIGHLY freaky and so sad....sniffle...While voyaging to the planet Necropilis Tash and Zak run into some big problems...and meet some new friends. This stroy was well written , and hautingly sad , as I went to be crying soon after....be warned chara death....but nothing seroius. So anywayz you SHOULD SHOULD SHOULD buy it.

If you like action and fun this is a great book to read, I got it mainly because I like Boba Fett and when I read I loved it. It's a great story about Zac and Tash and their Uncle Hoole go to a planet called Necropolis and how they get pretty mixed up with Boba and get into a bit of trouble.

This book is the best book of the trlogy. I don't want to spoil it for you but if you like Boba Fett this is the book. Please read this book.

The best book in the series

This is the most coolest book I have ever read. Zak was In the hands of bobafett for some time . zaks friend died from DR. DEATH and nobody belived him. will zak be DR. DEATH'S next victim . If you want to know read this book It will blow you away. Buy this book today.

I checked this out at my school library after waiting forever for it to arrive at the library. This book is by far the best book in the Galaxy Of Fear series. It was very interesting to learn about the mysterious planet Necropolis and the book was layed out very well, Im not gunna give away any spoilers but I can tell you that one of the main characters gets buried alive!!! It was so good i kept reading it and reading it page after page, and I ended up finishing it in 2 DAYS! Do yourself a favor if you like Star Wars or/and horror books, BUY THIS!

The story of Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead begins with Uncle Hoole, Zak and Tash, along with Uncle Hoole's droid, DV-9 (or Deevee for short) traveling through space with Han, Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon after narrowly evading the unpleasant circumstance of being eaten by a planet -literally. Now traveling with their rescuers , the Millennium Falcon along with its crew and passengers makes its way to a destination, a planet named Necropolis (meaning: City of the Dead. Catchy, huh?).

During the flight, while sleeping in one of the Falcon's compartments with his sister, Zak has an awful dream about his deceased parents. You see, Zak and Tash were from Alderaan, and while Zak and his sister were on a vacation off of the plane, by the time they got back, they had already heard of the destruction of their planet, but more than that, the deaths of all of their loved ones. Since all their relatives were now dead, Uncle Hoole, who is a Shi'ido or shape-changer and who was only related to them through the marriage of his brother into their family, took them under his guardianship. They had been with him and Deevee ever since.

So Zak dreamed, and in his dream he was back in his bed on Alderaan with nothing that seemed out of shape. Surprised, he got out of bed and looked out the window. He then noticed that he wasn't in Alderaan but in space, watching the stars in the distance. Though he could hardly believe it, he continued staring out. As Zak continued to stare out the window, two objects were floating toward him. At first Zak couldn't make out what they were, but as he continued to stare he knew with out a doubt that they were his parents...and they were dead. As his parents drew closer, Zak backed away from the window. His parents, in their deathly gray color, started to beat on the window with their shriveled hands and mouthing words with their lips, even though no sounds came out. Zak knew what they were saying though, and the meaning hit him to the core: "Why did you leave us, Zak?"

Zak awoke, screaming and crying, startling his sister out of her sleep. Tash asked what was wrong, and Zak told her. Even though Tash tried to comfort her brother and gently ease in that their parents were gone -forever, Zak still had his doubts. When Zak, Tash, Uncle Hoole, and Deevee arrived on the planet, they thanked and said goodbye to their rescuers, then continued on their way. With in a very short time of being on the planet, Zak is told by a local about a curse and an ancient witch, who if one were to ask her at her tomb to raise a dead person to life, it would happen. A deep desire burned in Zak as he thought and earnestly questioned if the dead can come back.

He had to find out.

This book like the first one, Eaten Alive, is a page-turner, but, unlike the first one, this one wasn't balanced as well. The writing was good and had humor in it. The characters and their emotions, though, suffered a little. While some had adequate background, some seemed a little shallow, and the emotions of the characters likewise sometimes seemed a little superficial. Added on to this, the story drags a little. This not to say that it wasn't a good book, but it is just that it wasn't quite as good a book, in my opinion, as Eaten Alive.

If you are a fan of Star Wars and would like a relatively quick read with some frills, this might be your book. As is my stance on most books, I'll suggest it here too: if you can, unless you really want to buy this book, I suggest that you take it out of your local library first, before you purchase it.

This marks the point of no return -or the end of this review, anyway.

-Jake Smithers

P.S.: The one thing that comes to all people, if you haven't guessed it already, is death.

Zac and Tash are on their home planet, but they had to leav quickley because the planet was going to be blown up by the death star, a weapen created by the empire. Zac Tash and their uncle Hoole were put on a transporter to get to the nearest planet. The planet was called City of the Dead. They went to the planet to buy a star ship, but while on the planet Zac made some friends and to get into the club. He had to go into the middle of the sacreat grave yard and stab a knife into the ground in front of the mosleam but when he does a hand shoots out of the ground and grabs his foot.

FIRST IT GOT CREEPY BECAUSE A DEAD GUY WAS FOLLOWING ZAK AROUND. THEN IT GOT EVEN CREEPIER WHEN HE GOT PARYLIZED AND BURIED ALIVE IN A COFFIN. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU MORE, BUT I WILL LEAVE THE REST FOR YOU TO ENJOY. I THINK YOU SHOULD DEFINATELY GET AND READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW.

Zak Tash and their uncle Hoole need a new ship. They land on Necropolis(city of the dead). Zak finaly meets a friend. But,will everything stay that way? I liked this book because I couldn't put it down to do something else.