Sorry for the delay. When I recieved my copy of the book a week or so ago, I was in the middle of another book that I had a hard time putting down. Anyway, I have finally finished it and am ready to offer my "two cents worth".
Brief plot synopsis: It's the final book in the Legacy of the Force series. The outcome of the War of Corellian Secession (my name for the conflict) is decided and (big surprise) Darth Cadeus is defeated. (Did you really expect the Sith to win in the end? I mean, really!) Notice I haven't said if Cadeus survives or not. You'll have to read the book to find out.

I actually have mixed reactions with this book, mainly about it's length. On the whole, I liked it. Troy Denning does a fine job of chronicling the endgame of the War of Corellian Secession. Like his previous Star Wars books, his characterizations are right on target and he keeps the plot moving. Also, as a bonus, we get a little bit of insight into the Verpine species. However, the book comes across as almost too short at only 299 pages. Denning brings up events and abilities that seem to have occurred or been mentioned in previous Star Wars adventures (not just Legacy of the Force), but weren't explicitly spelled out in those adventures.

One example is a nasty nanovirus created by Imperial Moffs. For the life of me, I can't remember that detail mentioned in any previous Star Wars novel, unless it's an Imperial variant of the biological plague unleased against the Yuzzhan Vong in The Unifying Force. However, Denning provides no context for the creation of the nanovirus. It's just a plot point that seems to be inserted to increase the tension towards the end of the book. Another example is the Dathomirian Blood Trail, used primarily by Dathomirian Nightsisters. Queen Mother Tenel Ka of Hapes recognizes it on Jayna Solo because of her Dathomirian heritage. (Tenel Ka's mother, Tenniel Djo was from Dathomir.) But, instead of having Tenel Ka give us a brief, two-sentence description of how it works to curious Jedi (and, hence, curious readers), he just has Tenel Ka mention it and then moves on, expecting us to understand it completely. Well, I've read all the books invovling the Dathomirian Nightsisters and I don't understand how this blood trail works. What about someone who hasn't read The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton or the first six Young Jedi Knight Books by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta? (To be fair, he does set it up pretty well since in the pages before, Jayna has been having a hard time cleaning the blood off her body.)

With the exception of these annoyances, I enjoyed the book. So, to briefly recap then, I liked the book and thought it was a good conclusion, but would have preferred an extra half-page or so of exposition fleshing out a couple of plot points. Final rating: *** 1/2 (on a scale of 0-4 stars).