Some days ago I did a little review of the first of three books currently out for the The Old Republic™ (and as you might recall I wasn’t to happy with that book).

Now the time has come for a little review of the second book: Deceived, and I might as well say it now, it’s way better than Fatal Alliance.

Here’s the official teaser:

The second novel set in the Old Republic era and based on the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic™ramps up the action and brings readers face-to-face for the first time with a Sith warrior rival to the most sinister of the Order’s Dark Lords—Darth Malgus, the mysterious, masked Sith of the wildly popular “Deceived”, “Hope” and also “Return” game trailers.

Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of the Sith heroes, peace would transform him into something far more heinous—something Malgus would never want to be, but cannot stop, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching.

Her name is Aryn Leneer—and the lone Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master. And now she’s going to find out what happened to him, even if it means breaking every rule in the book.

Paul S. Kemp had done a very good job on this, he’s written a book that exciting to read with believable and alive characters, that have more than one dimension. With out spoiling to much of the plot for those of you that haven’t read the book yet (and shame on you), I can tell you that the book really does a good job at following characters that aren’t “typical” for their way of life, and that just makes the book even better. The main characters are forced to make hard moral choices and live with consequence, and the choices the make might surprise you.

You also don’t have to be into the game (but you should), and have read any of the other books, to enjoy this one.

So if you haven’t read this book already and need something to do to spend the time up until December 20th, then here’s the book for you.