Apparently the trilogy is considered by the fandom as one of the few worthwhile novel productions of the franchise and my expectations weren't really high, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some thought actually went into the characterization and setting
The character Bane starts life as a indebted indentured corporate slave on a mining world while also abused by his father, the book follows his increasing radicalization by the Sith and is largely centered around how he constructs his own specific brand of Sith ideology
The book presents a pretty accurate portray of how radicalization takes place and follows the rise to power of one of the more interesting Sith characters in the lore
https://staraudiobook.net/path-of-destruction-audiobook/ in case anyone else is bored at work
Honestly I was just desperate to listen to something other than mind numbing post-election analysis from the "left" podcast space, so I thought fuck it I need some Star Wars and picked the novels at the top of the fan leaderboard, had zero expectations which paid off and has made work less onerous for the last couple weeks