Mandalores And Arkanians.
Contains issues 13-18.
After the incident at Flashpoint, Zayne and his group decides to part ways. In a misunderstanding, Zayne and Gryph somehow wind up being part of the Republic's armada to fight in the Madalorian War. Later, Jarael and Camper try to disappear in the galaxy, but after an attack in their holding bay by an assassin droid, Camper health takes a turn for the worse, which forces Jarael to go to their homeworld Arkanian.
Instead of Zayne's side of the story, I found myself more interested in Jarael and Camper's story. Their background haven't been touched on, but as a Star Wars fan their race, the Arkanians have been featured in past series. The Arkanians discriminate from the offshoots causing a class system in which purebloods live in high class and offshoots are created to work in mines.
As some may know, besides Zayne, Jarael is one of my favorite characters in this series. She really gets to shine in the second half of this volume going to great lengths to help Camper. Even without Zayne and Gryph, Jarael relies on her skills. On Zayne side, despite being a fugitive on the run, he's still a Jedi. He can't help but try to save as many people as he can even if it means giving up on exposing his former masters. Camper also plays an important role in this arc when the connection with the company, Adascorp is revealed. Also making an appearance is Rohlan, who stayed on the Last Resort who starts to show some unusual traits. Also, there's a welcome cameo from Knights of the Old Republic game: AK-24 (The model is the same, but it's not the same droid from the game), a brief appearance from Revan, and Carth Onasi. He still has the same personality from the video game, making him likeable.
The artwork is at its best to date. Dustin Weaver, Brian Ching, and Harvey Toliabo split up the art duty about two issues each. When it comes to these artists, there really isn't much of a difference in the quality. Characters look recognizable What surprises me the most was that Harvey Toliabo did the pencils for most of Jarael's story, and it is a major improvement from the previous volume when it comes to him drawing different alien races.
As I wrote before, I didn't really care for Zayne's story much. It feels like a throwaway, only because it's drifting away from his main goal: clearing his name. The Mandalorian War is a major conflict during this time, and I like that John Jackson Miller took the time to expand more on this, but I just wasn't feeling the story. On top of that, it hurts when nobody will listen to Zayne warnings.
Overall:
Days of Fear, Nights of Anger isn't exactly my favorite story on its own however, when paired with Daze of Hate, Knights of Suffering, it makes a great story arc.