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[Soltanus]

BattleTech - LE5744 - Threads Of Ambition - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5753 -The Killing Fields - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5760 - Ghost of Winter - Stephen Kenson
BattleTech - LE5761 - Roar Of Honor - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5766 - By Blood Betrayed - Blaine Lee Pardoe and Mel Odom
BattleTech - LE5783 - Dagger Point - Thomas S. Gressman
BattleTech - LE5790 - Illusions Of Victory - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5794 - Measure Of A Hero - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5807 - Path Of Glory - Randall N. Bills
BattleTech - LE5824 - Flashpoint - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5836 - Test Of Vengeance - Bryan Nystul
BattleTech - LE5845 - Patriots and Tyrants - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5851 - Initiation To War - Robert N. Charrette
BattleTech - LE5856 - Call of Duty - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5866 - The Dying Time - Thomas S. Gressman
BattleTech - LE5872 - Imminent Crisis - Randall N. Bills
BattleTech - LE5876 - Storms of Fate - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5885 - Operation Audacity - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5893 - Endgame - Loren L. Coleman

I stopped reading the BT novels with Falcon Rising. After that it became a pain to keep track of which novels dealt with the central storyline since Stackpole left.

I'm looking to finish up the series and hopefully seeing Katrina get her just deserts. But which of the above novels pertain only to that storyline? I don't have a ton of time for reading so I'd rather not explore any of the non-FedCom CW storylines right now.

[Arctic Fox]

The novels which deal directly with the FedCom Civil War are, in this order:

Illusions of Victory
Measure of a Hero
Flashpoint
Patriots and Tyrants
Call of Duty
Storms of Fate
Operation Audacity
Endgame

The Dying Time
Imminent Crisis

Patriots and Tyrants, Storms of Fate and Endgame form a trilogy that constitutes the central plot line of the FCCW. Measure of a Hero, Call of Duty and Operation Audacity are also a trilogy about Archer Christifori, which is actually tied up in a short story called The Longest Road found in the first BattleCorps Anthology. The Dying Time and Imminent Crisis are part of the 'MechWarrior' series; both fit somewhere around Storms of Fate.

As for Katherine...

Spoiler

While she's deposed in Endgame, she doesn't really gets her just deserts until the Dark Age book A Bonfire of Worlds.

Edited by Arctic Fox, 29 July 2012 - 06:03 PM.

[Lightdragon]

Soltanus, on 29 July 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

BattleTech - LE5744 - Threads Of Ambition - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5753 -The Killing Fields - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5760 - Ghost of Winter - Stephen Kenson
BattleTech - LE5761 - Roar Of Honor - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5766 - By Blood Betrayed - Blaine Lee Pardoe and Mel Odom
BattleTech - LE5783 - Dagger Point - Thomas S. Gressman
BattleTech - LE5790 - Illusions Of Victory - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5794 - Measure Of A Hero - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5807 - Path Of Glory - Randall N. Bills
BattleTech - LE5824 - Flashpoint - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5836 - Test Of Vengeance - Bryan Nystul
BattleTech - LE5845 - Patriots and Tyrants - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5851 - Initiation To War - Robert N. Charrette
BattleTech - LE5856 - Call of Duty - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5866 - The Dying Time - Thomas S. Gressman
BattleTech - LE5872 - Imminent Crisis - Randall N. Bills
BattleTech - LE5876 - Storms of Fate - Loren L. Coleman
BattleTech - LE5885 - Operation Audacity - Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech - LE5893 - Endgame - Loren L. Coleman

I stopped reading the BT novels with Falcon Rising. After that it became a pain to keep track of which novels dealt with the central storyline since Stackpole left.

I'm looking to finish up the series and hopefully seeing Katrina get her just deserts. But which of the above novels pertain only to that storyline? I don't have a ton of time for reading so I'd rather not explore any of the non-FedCom CW storylines right now.

....stackpole didnt leave...he kept writing novels during the civil war era

[Soltanus]

Lightdragon, on 29 July 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

....stackpole didnt leave...he kept writing novels during the civil war era

Yes, he started the Civil War, but he did not finish it. I read his final one, Prince of Havoc. It was his final Battletech novel that takes places in the 31st century. Several years later he did come back and write two Dark Age novels.

I'm looking to finish the story he started. I may just be better off reading the cliff notes on the wiki or something.

Arctic Fox, on 29 July 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

The novels which deal directly with the FedCom Civil War are, in this order:

Illusions of Victory
Measure of a Hero
Flashpoint
Patriots and Tyrants
Call of Duty
Storms of Fate
Operation Audacity
Endgame

The Dying Time
Imminent Crisis

Patriots and Tyrants, Storms of Fate and Endgame form a trilogy that constitutes the central plot line of the FCCW. Measure of a Hero, Call of Duty and Operation Audacity are also a trilogy about Archer Christifori, which is actually tied up in a short story called The Longest Road found in the first BattleCorps Anthology. The Dying Time and Imminent Crisis are part of the 'MechWarrior' series; both fit somewhere around Storms of Fate.

Thanks, I'll try that first trilogy you mentioned.