Call of Duty (Battletech, 53)

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Summary: A Return to Honor
Review: This story continues the exploits of Archers Avengers. The Avengers are ordered to the planet Odessa in order to convince Snord's Irregulars not to renew their contract with Katrina Steiner in the hopes of helping Victor regain control of the splintered FedCom. The storyline is predictable and Archer reminds me of the characters from the old BTech novel Ideal War with the introduction of the Knights of the Inner Sphere. We continue to see the growing conflict within the FedCom, but the last few BTech novels seem mostly filler rather than introducing pertinent elements into this storyline. Hopefully, we'll see some more plot development in the next few novels as it appears that the civil war storyline is winding down. Overall, a good read, but nothing too heavy. As always, I recommend some of the earlier Michael Stackpole novels for background of the FedCom

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Summary: From a starcaptin in the ranks of the jade falcons.
Review: This was the best battletech book I have read so far. It may be about freebirths but they fight with honor neverless. The characters were wonderful. You'll never forget them. But before this read Measure of a hero. Also by Blaile Lee Pardoe.

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Summary: Blaine Lee Pardoe brings us another great BattleTech novel.
Review: While the trend for BattleTech books seems to be "get as much fighting crammed into as small a space as possible" Mr. Pardoe is able to tell a great story that has both battles and personal stories. I was a little apprehensive when I began reading that this novel would turn out like Gressman's "Dagger Point" in that it would be too long in the beginning and middle, too short at the end, and leave you scratching your head as to what the whole point of the story was about.
Not here. Mr. Pardoe is an inspiring author and his continuation of Archer Christifori's battle against Archon Princess Katherine is much appreciated. If you have'nt read "Measure of a Hero" yet, please read it first and then give this novel a go.