Shadow Hunter: Star Wars Legends (Darth Maul)

¡ Star Wars - Legends Book 2 ¡ Penguin Random House Audio ¡ Narrated by Sam Witwer
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again.

“Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.”—Chicago Sun-Times

After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.

But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of Darth Maul’s hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood.

Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again. “Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.”—Chicago Sun-Times After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first ...

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64 reviews
Cody Miles
April 21, 2026
The writing is not great. The narration is among the worst that I have ever heard. Everything this narrator could possibly do wrong, he nailed it. edit: I'll add that I love Sam Witwer as an actor. He's just not cut out for narration. Bad pacing, you can hear his breaths, constant sighing, seemily to cover up slow reading skills. There is a reason this audiobook is almost double the size of another narration of the same book and it is not a good reason. He has difficulty matching the emotions of the character while narrating and he uses the character's voice while it is the narrator speaking. I honestly can't remember all of the criticism that I have for this performance, but it was truly awful. I could not wait to be done with this. Please Sam, stick to your talents. Stay away from audiobooks.
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Jake Waxer
October 26, 2022
first audiobook I've got where the narrator seemed to influence it in a weird way. weird Christopher Walken impression and there's some points where he's reading fast and it sound very cringe. still better than shatter point
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James ThaDon
October 7, 2022
The book is bad, It feels like every character just gets through on either good luck good luck or things simply happen to them because of bad luck by the end, it starts becoming extremely see through as a story you start being able to predict plot points and supposed twists The voice Acting was good But the last 40 minutes drag along, Not even close to some of the Star Wars stories I've read, And it becomes quite apparent that none of the characters could ever achieve their goals unless the stories worries that come after this one simply didn't exist
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Michael Reaves received an Emmy Award for his work on the Batman animated television series. He has worked for DreamWorks, among other studios, and has written fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. Reaves is the New York Times bestselling author of the three Star Wars: Coruscant Nights novels, the co-writer (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) of Star Wars: Shadow Games, and the co-writer (with Steve Perry) of Star Wars: Death Star and two Star Wars: MedStar novels: Battle Surgeons and Jedi Healer. He lives in the Los Angeles area.
Michael Reaves received an Emmy Award for his work on the Batman animated television series. He has worked for DreamWorks, among other studios, and has written fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. Reaves is the New York Times bestselling author of the three Star Wars: Coruscant Nights novel...

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