StarCraft II: The Devil's Due: Blizzard Legends (Starcraft: Blizzard Legends, 2)

Amazing story. Read it in 2 days

Starcraft: Devil’s Due is the continuation of the origin story of popular Starcraft character Marshal Jim Raynor as started in Willam C. Dietz’s Heaven's Devils. However, even though it was something that I never even considered as something worth finding out about, this was a very entertaining and fulfilling read. Here is the opportunity to get to know the real James Raynor and how deep his friendship with Tychus Findlay really was. The threat from the bounty hunter chasing them was palpable as was the feeling of loss when the other Devils fell into his hands. The action was exciting and well realised (no shaky cam here). Raynor's return to the homestead was a little by the numbers, but still tugged the heartstrings effectively. Raynor's final confrontation was actually quite moving. The story ended as expected, all ready for the original games to kick off. It also makes Raynor's actions at the end of Starcraf: Wings of Liberty all the more heartbreaking.These may have had the glaring omission of Protoss or Zerg, but the larger than life characters, the action and adventure as well as a good dose of heart, made it so that I hardly noticed. Overall, I’d say this was a great prequel novel to the games, and would definitely recommend any Starcraft fan give Devil Due a read.