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Summary: skip this book and 'patriots stand'
Review: By far the worst dark age novel yet. Ive read every dark age novel and about half of all battletech novels so far and this is terrible. The about the author: victor milan section mentions him writing "intelligent action-adventure", victor must define "intelligent" as ruining a simple story by sticking rarely used and obsolete words in the middle of sentences even if they dont make sense in a sad attempt to impress the reader with his vocabulary. It seems like he spent for time on dictionary.com looking for big words to impress people with than he did actually writing the story. its hard to believe hes written for the battletech series before, this book makes you think he found out about battletech halfway into writing it. Clan Jade Falcon is totally butchered, the clanners flirt before assaults, talk like non-clan freeborn teenage girls and call eachother "dear" and "sister" in public. The book is filled with cheesy puns and revolves around the lame "odd couple" approach with the two main falcon characters: one is good and one is evil..... WOW! victor repeatedly mentions tara campbells hazel eyes, which are supposed to be blue, it would seem like no big deal but literally every page has a small error on it and after a while its more like correcting a 249 page D+ essay than reading a novel. one main character, aleks has warden beliefs, but is a top ranking cjf crusader. He also acts as though hes a bondsman and doesnt understand the point of sibko training or clan spartanism, basically the whole story is a mess, hard labor to read, and ruins the image of any previously existing characters involved. A story this important in the series should have been given to coleman or stackpole. I want my 6 dollars back.
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Summary: Return of Kerensky (II)
Review: While the Steel Wolves provide immense entertainment in this new MechWarrior universe, there is something to be said for having a "real" Clan becoming involved in the Republic. Flight of the Falcon brings back our favorite, tradition-bound, Jade Falcons. Except this time, the Falcons are less tradition oriented than in previous books. The Falcons, taking advantage of the Republic's misfortunes, decides to move into the Skye system in order to gain a foothold for future expansion. Introduced are two sibkin who both have Bloodnames, a rarity. Malvina and Aleks Hazen provide the sterotypical opposites-Malvina is vicious and bloodthirsty, while Aleks proves to be more thoughtful and strategy-oriented. Both are Galaxy Commanders, working to conquer Skye. Countess Tara Campbell and the Highlanders once again provide the defense for the Republic, with Countess Campbell receiving some help from an old acquaintance. I enjoyed this novel as I have previous ones in the series. However, I am starting to have a problem with the fact that while BattleMechs are supposed to be a rarity, everyone still seems to have plenty of them. The Industrial, Forestry, and Construction Mechs play a large role in the Dark Age Game, and I would hope that they'd continue to play a larger role in the novels. That being said, those Mechs aren't as fun to read about due to their armament limitations. Also as these novels progress, it is hard to see how the Republic continues to even stand against all of their foes. With the multitude of factions constantly sniping at their borders it seems unlikely that Tara Campbell can continue to be the main defense...after all, she can't be everywhere at once! Overall, though, this book serves its purpose-it is entertaining and it continues the story arc. I'm looking forward to future installments of this series.
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