Yevetha

In the first Star Wars book I read, the one written by an author I was told could not write, the prologue and the rest of the book involved the Yevetha (YEH-vuh-thuh), a species of which I was ignorant until then. They are an unbecoming species with footlong dewclaws that extend from the insides of their wrists. Nil Spaar, the vile leader in Before the Storm, rebelled against the crumbling Empire, and coldbloodedly killed the human leader. They vaguely resemble humans, but are green or yellow as far as skin color, and have six fingers. Sacrifices play an important part in culture, however vile it is.

Saphira

Timothy Zahn

When I went looking for better Star Wars authors, because my friend had told me that the author of the book I'd been reading was horrible, the librarian, God bless her, told us that the best Star Wars author she'd come across was Timothy Zahn. He is wonderful. He does use the word "other" to name one of two interacting characters too much, though. But the first book is Heir to the Empire, and it's really good.

Saphira

Vornskrs

Vornskrs (VORN-skurz) are Force-sensitive predators of Myrkr. Nonsentient, they often mistake Jedi or other Force-sensitive people for their favorite prey: ysalamiri, who have developed Force-free bubbles as a defense against the vornskrs hunting techniques. Vornskrs weapons include whiplike, venomous tails, teeth, claws, and, of course, the Force. Talon Karrde domesticated two vornskrs for pets while on Myrkr, by cutting off the slightly venomous tails, and found that doing this made the two beasts a good bit tamer.

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Waiting, waiting...

I hate having to wait for library books. I finished the first of what appears to be the third Star Wars trilogy, and when we went to the library, it was checked out. That is the only problem with libraries that you can honestly criticize reasonably. But it was such a drop-off of an ending! It's Christmas Break now, and I can't even remember the ending, probably because I'm now rereading Eldest for the third time (I've read Eragon five or six times). I'm also getting at least one book for Christmas, so the waiting list is getting ever longer, which means I won't be able to read the other two for a very long time. Pooh.

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