The Cestus Deceptions was by far the worst Star Wars novel that I have read. I am not often disapointed by expanded universe novels and own nearly all of them, however; this novel was a supreme disapointment. Poorly written and horrendously paced, the author showed no grasp of any of his characters (especially Obi Wan's), with many of the characters displaying the same attributes as the others. The clones were feminized, various non-sensical metaphors were reused repeatedly and the plot was implausible at best. Do yourself a favor and skip this book as well as any other by this no talent hack.