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[TIggerstYle]

Hi Everyone

Bit of a book junkie and I've recently read the short story collections Battlecorps Anthologies 1 and 3. Was wondering if some of the more informed Mechwarrior fans might be able to suggest some good books that take place in roughly the same time frame as the game.

[IceSerpent]

You can check the list of novels and pick the ones you want. For this particular timeframe I'd recommend The Blood of Kerensky trilogy to start with.

[Zwag78]

I enjoyed these :

http://www.sarna.net...ay_Death_Legion

As much fun as the Clans are (or supposed to be), I liked the exploits of Grayson Death Carlyke.

[Kass Dixon]

If you don't mind buckling in for an 8 novel series, I quite liked Twilight of the Clans, as a whole. Some were better than others, of course.

[Banekane]

i liked all the BT novels but my favorite was The Warrior Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole

Edited by Banekane, 27 August 2012 - 03:00 PM.

[Rathanaman]

I highly reccomend the books listed in the reply from IceSerpent, those printed in the late 80's --- early 90's are great ones.
Those books are a good glimpse into what looks like the developers idea of the pre-clan technology available to start with in this game.

I hope that as this game continues over the next few years updates will continue to introduce "new" tech to the battlefield. Then after some more time passes >>> Taa Daa......... the Clan appears and invades, introducing more interesting equipment, new factions, new upgrades to older stuff.

Hopefully i will still be loving to play this game for years to come.

[Razor Kotovsky]

Here are most known BT books in chronological order. Since GDL kicks in rather soon you'll have no trouble getting in.

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

Edited by Razor Kotovsky, 27 August 2012 - 03:30 PM.

[Geheran]

If the mood strikes you to read about clans, I highly recommend you read some of Randall Bill's novels. "Hertic's Faith" from the dark age series is a solid 289 page block of premium grade-A clanner gibberish. (Not for the freebirth at heart mind you) And it's also a decent story

[Leded]

had the same question once too. http://mwomercs.com/...__fromsearch__1

reading the Gray Death Legion saga right now

[TIggerstYle]

Thanks Guys, I finally found Part 2 of the Battletech Anthology series on kindle and picked it up last night. I will be sure to try some of the suggestions here, i can say for sure i am definitely not a clanner, man they are long winded and gibberish speaking is bang on. Not my cup of tea. The stories i quiet enjoyed were of the small Merc units like the Wraiths and Rangers.

If your into quick reads the short stories in the Battlecorps Anthology series are great, some of them i wish turned into full books as i didn't want them to end.

Edited by TIggestYle, 28 August 2012 - 06:11 AM.

[Veggies]

Read.Them.All.

[caseysrevenge]

I'm feeling old did'nt realise it has been this long ago i read those books,by the way i still have them

[Emery Radick]

I'm reading them from http://www.stargazer..._novel_list.htm and just working down the list.

So far the gray death books have been my favorite.

[Skylarr]

• I would start with the Warrior Trilogy

The Warrior Trilogy, by Michael A. Stackpole, is about the events before and during the Fourth Succession War. 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)
  
• Warrior: Riposte (October 1988)
  
• Warrior: Coupé (April 1989)

• 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)
  
• Mercenary's Star by William H. Keith, Jr. (June 1987)
  
• The Price of Glory by William H. Keith, Jr. (October 1987) (Helm Memory Core was Found in this book
  
• Blood of Heroes by Andrew Keith (July 1993) ( From This book on is about the Unit after the 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 start of the Clan Invasion.

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

You can also look here for a list of BattleTech Novels.

Edited by Skylarr, 29 August 2012 - 07:17 AM.

[Dymitry]

In order:

Saga of the Gray Death.

Legend of the Jade Phoenix.

Blood of Kerensky.

[Ashnod]

Ghost of winter roar of honor and flashpoint are all pretty awesome

[Sander the Shark]

Skylarr's list is all essential reading,

I'd also add Ideal War by Christopher Kubasik, a recent eBook set in 3054 - a bit after the Clan Invasion. It's probably the best BT book I've read in the last five or six years.

[MegaMasher]

Veggies, on 28 August 2012 - 06:13 AM, said:

Read.Them.All.

IceSerpent, on 27 August 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:

You can check the list of novels and pick the ones you want. For this particular timeframe I'd recommend The Blood of Kerensky trilogy to start with.

I have to agree, read them ALL. I was about 12 or so when I first found the novels, and they were what actually got me into BT/MW. I am proud to own EVERY single one, all 75 plus every Dark Age written. They are great reads, and I wish there were more. I have to thank Ice for the chron list, I might need to re-order mine, and re-read.

I will tell you, good luck getting them all. A few books, I think Sword and Dagger was the worst, are HARD to find.

[Stoffer]

I'd just add - after the warrior trilogy , read wolves on the border...

That is one battletech book that would make an awesome film ..

Wolves on the border is one of my fav battletech books of alltime

[Wyll]

I'm going to put in a vote for the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. Awesome introduction to the Battletech Universe- and it begins right about now in MWO time. Of course... I got my intro to the Battletech Universe by the Saturday morning cartoon- so to me, Battletech was the IS vs. Clan war for quite some time. The Warrior Trilogy is also very good (takes place about 25 years before MWO), as is the Legend of the Jade Phoenix trilogy (assuming you want to learn about the Clans).