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When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them – and to discover hope for the future.
In this second full-length adventure, Milo and Lina trace their latest clue to a remote jungle world – where a terrifying beast lies in wait…
Look out for the other titles in this series: The Snare and The Escape.
In this second full-length adventure, Milo and Lina trace their latest clue to a remote jungle world – where a terrifying beast lies in wait…
Look out for the other titles in this series: The Snare and The Escape.
160 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2016
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Tom Huddleston
34 books44 followersI'm Tom Huddleston, author of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. I've written books on famous creatives including DAVID LYNCH: HIS WORK, HIS WORLD; THE WORLDS OF GEORGE RR MARTIN and THE WORLDS OF DUNE, all about the inspirations behind the greatest SF novel of all time.
For younger readers, I've written original adventure stories like the FLOODWORLD trilogy (FLOODWORLD, DUSTROAD and STORMTIDE), along with several episodes in the WARHAMMER ADVENTURES and STAR WARS: ADVENTURES IN WILD SPACE series.
I also write about film and TV for publications including Time Out, the BFI and The Guardian, and I sing in a folk-rock band called The No Sorrows.
I was born in Kendal and raised in North Yorkshire, though I now live in London. I realise that I almost have the same name as Loki, but rest assured I'm not him: I'm slightly rounder and a lot less famous. However, I have managed to make him admit that it's his family who spell their name wrong, not mine.
If you have any questions, please get in touch!
For younger readers, I've written original adventure stories like the FLOODWORLD trilogy (FLOODWORLD, DUSTROAD and STORMTIDE), along with several episodes in the WARHAMMER ADVENTURES and STAR WARS: ADVENTURES IN WILD SPACE series.
I also write about film and TV for publications including Time Out, the BFI and The Guardian, and I sing in a folk-rock band called The No Sorrows.
I was born in Kendal and raised in North Yorkshire, though I now live in London. I realise that I almost have the same name as Loki, but rest assured I'm not him: I'm slightly rounder and a lot less famous. However, I have managed to make him admit that it's his family who spell their name wrong, not mine.
If you have any questions, please get in touch!
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June 6, 2021
Actual rating is 2.5 stars.
This is part of a series for younger children and they really should be read in order. In this one, Lina and Milo follow the signal to a planet. On this planet the indigenous wildlife seem harmless or so they thought. They are soon running for their lives.
I did like the first book better than this book and that is why I rated it a little lower. The first book was a plot driven book while this one was more of a side adventure. That being said children will devour this series as they can identify with the two main characters as our heroes and they will enjoy the humorous droid. The plot really wasn't addressed until the final lines and I am here for it as it looks like my guess was correct. This is going to connect with a popular series in this universe.
These are quick reads and enjoyable ones also. They are for the younger audience and allows adults to share adventures in this universe with their children. The children really will enjoy this series. I believe where this series is heading that adults will now become interested in this series. I know I am now.
This is part of a series for younger children and they really should be read in order. In this one, Lina and Milo follow the signal to a planet. On this planet the indigenous wildlife seem harmless or so they thought. They are soon running for their lives.
I did like the first book better than this book and that is why I rated it a little lower. The first book was a plot driven book while this one was more of a side adventure. That being said children will devour this series as they can identify with the two main characters as our heroes and they will enjoy the humorous droid. The plot really wasn't addressed until the final lines and I am here for it as it looks like my guess was correct. This is going to connect with a popular series in this universe.
These are quick reads and enjoyable ones also. They are for the younger audience and allows adults to share adventures in this universe with their children. The children really will enjoy this series. I believe where this series is heading that adults will now become interested in this series. I know I am now.
February 11, 2020
This one was a little better. A lot more action and plot. Still has the frustrating aspect of children alone trying to make decisions in a very dangerous universe. There’s a really strange reference to Hansel and Gretel that doesn’t belong here.
April 15, 2017
More like 3.5
This is turning in a really fun series for kids!
This is turning in a really fun series for kids!
August 1, 2021
In the search for their parents, Milo and Lina land on a jungle world for clues.
Huddleston swaps off this chapter, but the characterisation is still well developed.
Huddleston swaps off this chapter, but the characterisation is still well developed.
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August 28, 2021This book had a bit more going on than the last one, I think, and I liked how Milo got to shine in here since Lina did last book. I'm having fun.
December 12, 2017
A cute little creature feature. Although, I do hope the pace of the story picks up in subsequent entries.
July 27, 2022
Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space is a series for younger readers that comes across in a similar manner to an adventure story such as Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys, wherein kids are left to do fantastical things with little to no adult supervision, except this time in the Star Wars Universe. This is actually the third chronological book in the series, with the first being a prequel chapter that I believe was only released digitally, or at least at first. You can see previous reviews HERE and HERE. The main characters, Milo and Lina, along with their pet Monkey-Lizard and fussy Droid CR-8R have successfully escaped from an Imperial death squad and made a high-ranking officer under Grand Moff Tarkin look pretty foolish, so let’s just say that the heat is on and the kids better lay low pretty soon. Trying to escape to a somewhat low-key planet to follow a rebel transmission, they end up right in the middle of even MORE trouble.
This book is interesting due to how soon after the Clone Wars that it takes place, It’s basically right at the beginning of The Galactic Empire, in the same overall time period that Catalyst, Ashoka, and even the Darth Vader Marvel Comic all take place. It’s always interesting to see how these earliest parts of The Empire’s reign get moving – pockets of resistance are here or there, but not everyone is taking their predicament seriously at first. You have people that are VERY pro-Empire, likely thinking back to the terror that The Clone Wars likely caused, while others fear for the wandering gaze of a jack-booted Imperial finger-man at every corner. You have Separatists likely feeling like they have been proven right, and trying to avoid detection. Seeing stuff like this through the eyes of children in a kid’s book is especially interesting, and I’m reading this because this book is more than just un-important fluff – it really helps the world building in this line of Disney canon books.
With that said, this is still a kids book for young pre-teens. It’s just over 100 pages, has pictures, and boils a lot of characters down to what more adult books would consider “Mary-Sue” characters. This is fine in books for this age level, as overly-complex characters with too many shades of gray can be confusing when one is just getting into reading novels. To review this in a manner where I look at any of that as a bad thing would be patently stupid, and I will say that I wish there would have been Star wars books like this when I was younger – I would have destroyed them! Instead we got books like The Glove of Darth Vader (which I need to review), which is arguably one of the worst in the entire franchise!
Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot. The side-characters were interesting, and the plot of this being something akin to a Kaiju movie was fun. It’s written well for a kid’s novel (hats off to Mr. Huddleston), and due to its world-building any fan of the franchise would likely enjoy it as a quick diversion. I would recommend not jumping out of order with this series as it can be almost seen as a book broken into six parts despite being somewhat episodic. If you have never read earlier books, the book does not hold your hand and explain things too much. I plan to eventually read all of thee so stay tuned for more.
This book is interesting due to how soon after the Clone Wars that it takes place, It’s basically right at the beginning of The Galactic Empire, in the same overall time period that Catalyst, Ashoka, and even the Darth Vader Marvel Comic all take place. It’s always interesting to see how these earliest parts of The Empire’s reign get moving – pockets of resistance are here or there, but not everyone is taking their predicament seriously at first. You have people that are VERY pro-Empire, likely thinking back to the terror that The Clone Wars likely caused, while others fear for the wandering gaze of a jack-booted Imperial finger-man at every corner. You have Separatists likely feeling like they have been proven right, and trying to avoid detection. Seeing stuff like this through the eyes of children in a kid’s book is especially interesting, and I’m reading this because this book is more than just un-important fluff – it really helps the world building in this line of Disney canon books.
With that said, this is still a kids book for young pre-teens. It’s just over 100 pages, has pictures, and boils a lot of characters down to what more adult books would consider “Mary-Sue” characters. This is fine in books for this age level, as overly-complex characters with too many shades of gray can be confusing when one is just getting into reading novels. To review this in a manner where I look at any of that as a bad thing would be patently stupid, and I will say that I wish there would have been Star wars books like this when I was younger – I would have destroyed them! Instead we got books like The Glove of Darth Vader (which I need to review), which is arguably one of the worst in the entire franchise!
Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot. The side-characters were interesting, and the plot of this being something akin to a Kaiju movie was fun. It’s written well for a kid’s novel (hats off to Mr. Huddleston), and due to its world-building any fan of the franchise would likely enjoy it as a quick diversion. I would recommend not jumping out of order with this series as it can be almost seen as a book broken into six parts despite being somewhat episodic. If you have never read earlier books, the book does not hold your hand and explain things too much. I plan to eventually read all of thee so stay tuned for more.
January 23, 2022
The third novel in the Adventures in Wild Space young-readers series, The Nest sees a different author (Tom Huddleston instead of Cavan Scott) and a focus on a more monster-of-the week type story. It's not bad, but it feels more like a filler chapter in the overall story -- something to pad out the length of the series instead of make much meaningful progress.
Having escaped from the clutches of the Empire at the end of Book 2, The Snare, Milo and Lina Graf head to a new planet in search of a mysterious signal that could point them to the Rebellion. This larger plot only matters at the very beginning and end of the book -- in the middle, they're stuck on the planet, meet some hunters there, and face off against a monster. None of the new characters stay with them, and I don't really see their adventure here as having any lasting impact on the story.
That being said, what is here is not bad at all. If I didn't know it already, I wouldn't be able to tell that the author changed at all, so seamlessly does Huddleston capture the characterization of Milo, Lina, CR-8R, and Morq. The new characters aren't much more than one-dimensional, but that's not surprising with a story of this length and depth. There is a lot of action and a little bit of mystery, and it's all reasonably well written. There's even a slight potential tie-in to Star Wars: Rebels that I won't spoil here.
Overall, Adventures in Wild Space is shaping up to be a surprisingly good Star Wars series. It doesn't fall into any of the young-readers traps of having all the characters be idiots or being needlessly crude or lacking any sort of nuance. The Nest is another good entry in the series, although I wish it did more to move the overall plot along.
Having escaped from the clutches of the Empire at the end of Book 2, The Snare, Milo and Lina Graf head to a new planet in search of a mysterious signal that could point them to the Rebellion. This larger plot only matters at the very beginning and end of the book -- in the middle, they're stuck on the planet, meet some hunters there, and face off against a monster. None of the new characters stay with them, and I don't really see their adventure here as having any lasting impact on the story.
That being said, what is here is not bad at all. If I didn't know it already, I wouldn't be able to tell that the author changed at all, so seamlessly does Huddleston capture the characterization of Milo, Lina, CR-8R, and Morq. The new characters aren't much more than one-dimensional, but that's not surprising with a story of this length and depth. There is a lot of action and a little bit of mystery, and it's all reasonably well written. There's even a slight potential tie-in to Star Wars: Rebels that I won't spoil here.
Overall, Adventures in Wild Space is shaping up to be a surprisingly good Star Wars series. It doesn't fall into any of the young-readers traps of having all the characters be idiots or being needlessly crude or lacking any sort of nuance. The Nest is another good entry in the series, although I wish it did more to move the overall plot along.
June 25, 2020
The Star Wars canon for younger readers has failed to gain traction...or at least hit the heights that Anderson’s Young Jedi Knights series did for the legends stuff.
The Adventures in Wild Space series is Lucasfilm/Disney attempting to regain the glory days of the late 90’s. And while this bunch of books isn’t as good as the Jedi Knights stuff (at least from a nostalgic view), this does seem to be a step in the right direction.
I know I’m not the intended audience for these books, and I know I have a huge chip on my shoulder for the way Disney crapped all over Star Wars, so my review is a bit biased. However, that didn’t keep me from enjoying The Nest. Yes, it has moments that feel like the otherwise terrible Galaxy of Fear series, but in the grand scheme of all things canon Star Wars books, this is far from terrible. There’s just enough action, peril, and character building to keep jaded millennials happy. And Huddleston did a great job of bringing in a lot of the flora and fauna of the universe. And skipping a story about Jedi and Sith and the Force was a nice break from the usual YA/young reader tropes that fill up these kind of books.
The Adventures in Wild Space series is Lucasfilm/Disney attempting to regain the glory days of the late 90’s. And while this bunch of books isn’t as good as the Jedi Knights stuff (at least from a nostalgic view), this does seem to be a step in the right direction.
I know I’m not the intended audience for these books, and I know I have a huge chip on my shoulder for the way Disney crapped all over Star Wars, so my review is a bit biased. However, that didn’t keep me from enjoying The Nest. Yes, it has moments that feel like the otherwise terrible Galaxy of Fear series, but in the grand scheme of all things canon Star Wars books, this is far from terrible. There’s just enough action, peril, and character building to keep jaded millennials happy. And Huddleston did a great job of bringing in a lot of the flora and fauna of the universe. And skipping a story about Jedi and Sith and the Force was a nice break from the usual YA/young reader tropes that fill up these kind of books.
July 24, 2017
The whole thing about the creatures was handily spoiled by the cover art, but it's also not particularly hard to figure out from the text. I like that the over-the-top villain was a woman this time. The fact that the kids are going to Lothal next has me intrigued. The ending isn't as much of a cliffhanger this time which is nice. Still not as good as the Jedi Apprentice series, but it's decent enough.
October 4, 2018
this series continues to be a fun little bon-bon. this particular tale is mostly a side-story away from the search for the parents about the kids landing on a planet they probably shouldn't have, but i love the exploration of weird alien life and the morality tale surrounding the greedy and narrow-minded huntress. the respite from the basic plot of eluding the Empire and searching for clues was definitely welcome.
July 20, 2020
I just love this little series so much. It is alot of fun to adventure out in wild space with these two siblings as they try to find their parents. They find themselves in interesting and often, dangerous situations and have to think/fight their way out with the help of friends and in this case, their trusty Droid and some mercenaries. Would be totally down for an animated series following Lina, Milo and CR-8R.
September 25, 2018
This series, though made for younger readers, still gives you
a fun filled Star Wars tale that fits right into the Expanded Universe.
I love the characters. And everything is well defined, I can imagine each
place, situation, and character pretty well.
If you love Star Wars, I recommend this series.
a fun filled Star Wars tale that fits right into the Expanded Universe.
I love the characters. And everything is well defined, I can imagine each
place, situation, and character pretty well.
If you love Star Wars, I recommend this series.
November 22, 2021
This series continues to be underwhelming. I'm sure younger readers could find the stories thrilling, but these no stakes mini-adventures that have no over arching plot are not cutting it for me. This had some betrayal, some new creatures, but ultimately didn't move the story forward in any significant way.
July 2, 2024
Lair of the Beast
This is book 2 in the series. Lina and Milo have escaped Thune and follow a strange transmission on an unusual planet and decide to see if it will lead them to their parents. The strange world is home to a terrifying beast. An action packed episode of the series. January LaVoy beautifully narrates the audio book version.
This is book 2 in the series. Lina and Milo have escaped Thune and follow a strange transmission on an unusual planet and decide to see if it will lead them to their parents. The strange world is home to a terrifying beast. An action packed episode of the series. January LaVoy beautifully narrates the audio book version.
October 9, 2020
Vemos un claro desarrollo respecto a nuestros dos personajes principales y una mejor interacción con los secundarios de esta parte de la aventura, haciendo que la inmersión en la historia y la empatía que sintamos por los personajes sea mayor debido a la buena escritura. Muy bueno en mi opinión, mejor que los dos anteriores.
April 12, 2021
I loved the dynamic of the crew. The character development felt a little stagnant, though. I feel like I had hopes that I just were teased and took so long to be resolved. It was a great continuation from The Snare.
July 31, 2021
Los hermanos Lina y Milo se ven atrapados junto con un grupo de forajidos en un planeta con una criatura gigante verdaderamente letal. Si estás chavito y te encantan las aventuras con monstruos, este es el tuyo
February 6, 2024
A fun little chapter-book series that young readers will enjoy. A great way for kids who like Star Wars to dive into expanded universe reading. This entry is one of the weaker ones in the series, I would say.
June 1, 2017
Fun story. Looks like it may be headed into 'Rebels' territory, which could be an interesting crossover.
August 29, 2017
Apparently, I never added this one when I reviewed the others... It's a fun kids series of books.
September 12, 2017
3.5 stars
When the crew, tracking a signal, lands on a planet with some big game hunters, things get really interesting! T
This was a fun adventure.
When the crew, tracking a signal, lands on a planet with some big game hunters, things get really interesting! T
This was a fun adventure.
July 19, 2018
I’m reading this series to my son and he’s really enjoying it!
October 16, 2019
Another solid entry in this series. Different author, but still smooth writing that doesnt shy away from bigger words. Probably a good vocab builder.
November 14, 2019
This was quite fun!
Think a tad predator with kids but not as intense.
Think a tad predator with kids but not as intense.
September 17, 2020
Lo pare para estudiar y mira que es corto, un poco de relleno este libro, aunque no se como lo ha hecho para emocionarme al final con la mención de Lothal.
January 24, 2021
More a filler but it's really picking up now with them going to Lothal! Maybe we'll see the crew of the Ghost!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 1, 2021
6 out of 10
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November 24, 2021
Muy buena historia corta de esta serie de libros en miniserie que están buenos pero me gustaría ver Jedis aunque sea un poquito.
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