There's a lot of potential in this book but it ultimately doesn't live up to it.

For a large portion of this book I thought the point was that the Jedi (or Je'daii) aren't actually always the heroes after all - not exactly a unique concept for anyone familiar with the Star Wars Extended Universe, but still far more compelling than what we actually got. The Jedi are right because they're the good guys, it doesn't actually matter how many people they maim and murder, or that all the bad guys want is to explore the galaxy.

The character's don't fair much better than the plot, squashed flat to fit into binary narrative moulds. Like a lot of this book, the main bad guy started out with a lot of promise, he wanted adventure, and he hated the force and was no more interested in the dark side than the light side. But he too was destined for mediocrity and ultimately was just a murderous psychopath.

There was enough here that I'll probably look into reading Lebbon's other work, but I can't recommend this particular book.