The Books of Mick Harrison

The second book of the Dark Times series focuses on two characters; Bomo Greenbark from the first book and the fan-favourite Jedi K'kruhk. The book begins shortly before the end of the Clone Wars and reveals how K'kruhk and several other Jedi, including 'younglings', are caught in the events of Order 66. K'kruhk's story then follows him and the other Jedi survivors into hiding where the Jedi Master has to battle the violent urges instilled in him by three years of war and then the shocking events of Order 66. Running parallel to K'kruhk's story, hence the title, is that of Bomo Greenbark, who is also battling inner demons whilst trying to find his place in a galaxy where he has lost everything. I enjoyed reading his gradual acceptance into the mismatched family that is the crew of the Uhemele. Despite this interesting element, the book overall is fairly unremarkable. K'kruhk never finds any answer or resolutions and doesn't even get a neat wrapping up of his tale. Meanwhile, the adventures of the crew of the Uhemele just aren't that interesting here, although I was pleased to learn of Crys Taanzer's connection to the Jedi. Another massive irritant was a single line in which Bomo says "...I guess I'm still not over what happened to my family...". No shit?! Maybe that's because his wife was murdered and his daughter was cooked and eaten less than two months before! That would certainly upset me for more than a few weeks. The biggest let down with this book is that the parallel stories, despite the occasional crossover of characters, never actually intersect, making the whole thing seem a little pointless.