Mid point impressions.

Really digging the story. Nice that it takes place 10 years after the Thrawn trilogy. To me, that gives the story and the characters even more depth. I felt especially EU nerdy (in a good way) that when Karoly and Shada made an appearance, I knew who they were and what their history was. They were the characters that were directly responsible for me taking a chance on Zahn EU in the first place.

Absolutely loved the Jade & Skywalker "Welcome Aboard" portion of the story. Jade is even deeper a character than she was in the previous books, which is quite an accomplishment considering how well she was written to start with.