Lesser Evil Part 3

[colls]

Welcome to our third of four check-in and discussion posts for our Book of the Month.

This month’s book is Lesser Evil (Thrawn Ascendancy #3) by Timothy Zahn
Chapter 15 - Chapter 22

Lesser Evil


1. In addition to inciting Civil War in the region of space, the Magys seems to be the key to what the Kiljis were looking for. Was Thrawn's decision to keep her on board early on serendipitous? Are there others?

2. What do you make of the revelations Thalias learned from Thrass's data cylinder (the skywalker training and Thrawn's sister)?

3. How many frenemies do you think will ultimately gather to help enact Thrawn's plan?

4. Thrawn seems to be at the center of a 'Hail-Mary-Last-Resort' sort of defense hatched up by powerful leaders years ago. Now he seems like he's going to be the political version of a sacrificial lamb. Was that always meant to be part of the plan?

5. Any predictions on the ending?



FYI - There's no need to answer all (or any) of the questions above - they're just talking points to get us started. Informal chatter is more than welcome! In-person book clubs often veer off-topic, it's okay if we do as well. :)
All I ask is that you try to avoid spoilers for things past Part 3 of the book.

Comments

[brokenmnemonic]

Wait, that Memories chapter was linked to Outbound Flight? I've not read it, and I've been sitting here thinking that Thrass' death felt like a sudden surprise chapter with nothing around it to explain how he ended up there or what he was doing.

[barbiejedi]

I don't know if I can say "linked" exactly, because Outbound Flight is Legends now, but like... like the scene that happens here is, as near as I can remember, lifted almost exactly from events in that book? Characters, circumstances, and all? With the caveat that I haven't read Outbound Flight in years so I may be off but...

Honestly I thought it was a callback like how in Chaos Rising we got the other half of the first conversation Thrawn had with Anakin Skywalker in Thrawn: Alliances, but as far as I can tell there's nothing in canon for it to call back to and it felt super weird to throw it in there with so little context.