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[McBond]

I am finishing up wolves on the border and I enjoyed it enough to read some more battletech books. Can anyone recommend a good battletech book that follows or parallels this one chronologically? Near the end of the book it is 3026. Is there much significant before this?

[Spokes]

There is a lot of chronological overlap in the BattleTech novels. Bearing that in mind, the Saga of the Gray Death Legion (Decision at Thunder Rift, Mercenary's Star and The Price of Glory) and Stackpole's "Warrior" trilogy (Warrior: En Guarde, Warrior: Riposte and Warrior: Coupe) fall before Wolves on the Border in most of the lists I've seen, even though they may ease past that book on the timeline towards the end.

Heir to the Dragon follows directly after Wolves on the Border, though again, there's some overlap. Both books are written by the same author-- if you enjoyed Wolves on the Border, I would highly suggest finding a copy of Heir to the Dragon.

This is the list I tend to order the novels by. . .

http://www.stargazer..._novel_list.htm

[Sadistic Savior]

McBond, on 16 October 2013 - 04:35 PM, said:

I am finishing up wolves on the border and I enjoyed it enough to read some more battletech books. Can anyone recommend a good battletech book that follows or parallels this one chronologically? Near the end of the book it is 3026. Is there much significant before this?

I would start with Blood of Kerensky trilogy (Lethal heritage).





That is the first actual appearance of the Clans in the Battletech universe (at least officially). Most of the pre-clan books center around IS politics and stuff, and are not all that relevant later in the series...love it or hate it, the Clans are a central part of Battletech lore now. Wolf's Dragoons plays a key role in that trilogy.

[Skylarr]

I feel the following books will give you a good feel of the BattleTech Universe.

I would start with the Warrior Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole, is about the events before and during the Fourth Succession War( 3028 to 3030). The main acts are the wedding of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner, the experiences of Justin Xiang on Solaris VII and as spy on Sian, the vendetta between Morgan Kell and Yorinaga Kurita, the machinations of Michael Hasek-Davion and of subversive elements inside the Steiner nobility, ComStar's secret manipulations and of course the most important battles of the war.

• Warrior: En Garde (August 1988) 3026
  
• Warrior: Riposte (October 1988) 3028
  
• Warrior: Coupé (April 1989) 3029

Heir to the Dragon, by Robert N. Charrette, follows Theodore Kurita for twenty-two years as he learns to survive and thrive in the subtle and deadly courts of the Draconis Combine. The novel is also the only narrative of the War of 3039.


The Saga of the Gray Death Legion is a series of books about the famed Gray Death Legion mercenary unit. Most of the novels are by William H. Keith, Jr., with additional writing by Andrew Keith and Thomas S. Gressman. (This is the Mercenary unit that found the Helm Memory core that brought back Star League Tech right as the Clans hit.)

• Decision at Thunder Rift by William H. Keith, Jr. (June 1986) 3024
  
• Mercenary's Star by William H. Keith, Jr. (June 1987)
  
• The Price of Glory by William H. Keith, Jr. (October 1987) 3028 (Helm Memory Core was found in this book)
  
• Blood of Heroes by Andrew Keith (July 1993) 3056 -From this book on the novels cover the unit after Clan Invasion-
  
• Tactics of Duty by William H. Keith, Jr. (August 1995)
  
• Operation Excalibur by William H. Keith, Jr. (August 1998)
  
• The Dying Time by Thomas S. Gressman (January 2002)

The Legend of the Jade Phoenix trilogy, by Robert Thurston, is the story of the fall and redemption of Aidan Pryde, hero of Clan Jade Falcon.

• Way of the Clans (August 1991) (This happens in Clan space before the Clan Invasion)
  
• Bloodname (October 1991) (This happens in Clan space before the Clan Invasion)
  
• Falcon Guard (December 1991) (This is about Aiden Pryde during The Invasion including the Battle of Tukayyid)

Blood of Kerensky is a trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole about the Clan Invasion (3049 - 3052)

• Lethal Heritage (September 1989)
  
• Blood Legacy (December 1990)
  
• Lost Destiny (April 1991)

There are many other fine novels you can read. Here is a complete list of BattleTech Novels.


v This is a list that I made over a year ago and I post when someone asks for a recommendation.

[dal10]

if you read stackpole remember that he is a massive davion fanboi and writes like one.

[McBond]

I didn't like the kuritans from chapter 1 on, and I would have been rooting for the other side if it weren't that it was mostly about the dragoons. I ordered the first stackpole book about the clan invasion.

[Spokes]

Heir to the Dragon is the story of Takashi Kurita's son Theodore and his struggle to turn the Combine away from the "Old ways" that cause so much of the grief found in Wolves on the Border. If memory serves, there is some payback for the actions against the Dragoons in that book.