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Summary: Whats all this Stackpole-hysteria about??
Review: This book is simply trash.I couldnt recommend it even to a Battletech fan.The only reason to read it is to get ready to read part two of the Warrior trilogy,which is far more interesting because of the exciting events of the Fourth Succession War. First of all,Stackpole has packed all too many story lines in this small book and this gets you confused.Most of them will only make sense to the reader when he reads the following two books. And his scenes are very superficial,theres no in-depth description of the where and how.He simply lets some interesting but overrated characters step in scene and talk of their problems and plans of the future.And gosh,these people are unbelievable characters,like the Kell Hounds for example.they are the perfect heroes with no faults.Every plan they have is surely going to work and even the elite troops of the Sword of Light Regiments are no match for them.Just tell me how they accomplish it,Mike. And Stackpole even found an excuse for the invincible Morgan Kell.He simply got paranormal abilities.Wow,what an idea.Ever encountered magic in the Battletech Universe before??Heres the man who is surely going to introduce that. The battle scenes are equally stupid and unbelievable.Right after the first few lines I could tell you how they ended.Why writing battles if the outcomes are already clear?The heroe Kell Hounds will make it whatever the odds. In my opinion Stackpole has no feeling for atmosphere,believability and depth of a story. He may have a talent for intrigues,but thats not all an author has got to have.So all you educated Battletech fans better read William Keith,Blaine Pardoe or Robert Charette novels.
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Summary: This book is the foundation of everything to come.
Review: This is one of the most interesting books I've read. Not so much on its own, but when I finished it I had to get the next and the next after that. The three books reveal a huge portion of the backstory to the Clan Invasion and the troubles between the Nations. The last book which reveals the endings to the many different plots going on through out the books is increadible. This Triliogy is a must have for readers interested in battletech and conflict related books.
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Summary: This book is the foundation of everything to come.
Review: This is one of the most interesting books I've read. Not so much on its own, but when I finished it I had to get the next and the next after that. The three books reveal a huge portion of the backstory to the Clan Invasion and the troubles between the Nations. The last book which reveals the endings to the many different plots going on through out the books is increadible. This Triliogy is a must have for readers interested in battletech and conflict related books.
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Summary: Intro. to Sci. Fi.
Review: This was the first BattleTech book I read and it changed my thoughts of the series. My ideas of battletech were that it couldn't hold a candle to Star Wars so why bother reading it? After reading this book I swiftly snatched up all the BattleTech books in my town. This was a great book.
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Summary: It's got it all
Review: This was the first Battletech book I read. I have never liked science-fiction or conflict books. I actually read it because a friend of mine quoted from a later book and we got into a huge argument over the interpretation of the quote. He suggested that I get a little insight into the situation by reading "Warrior: En Garde".I loved it! It definately shows a different side of the characters than in later novels. The series seems to develop an affinity for happy, perfect endings in following books, but this one stays true to life, complete with traitors, double-double dealing, love affairs, betrayal - and of course, riveting battle scenes. I would definitely recommend it for anyone who is interested - even remotely - in the Battletech series. This is the best of all I've read, save for the first "Blood of Kerensky" novel. But the Warrior trilogy is a much-needed and quite enjoyable prerequisite. Just watch out, you WILL get hooked!!!
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Summary: Gets you hooked!!!
Review: This was the first Battletech book I read. I have never liked science-fiction or conflict books. I actually read it because a friend of mine quoted from a later book and we got into a huge argument over the interpretation of the quote. He suggested that I get a little insight into the situation by reading "Warrior: En Garde". I loved it! It definately shows a different side of the characters than in later novels. The series seems to develop an affinity for happy, perfect endings in following books, but this one stays true to life, complete with traitors, double-double dealing, love affairs, betrayal - and of course, riveting battle scenes. I would definitely recommend it for anyone who is interested - even remotely - in the Battletech series. This is the best of all I've read, save for the first "Blood of Kerensky" novel. But the Warrior trilogy is a much-needed and quite enjoyable prerequisite. Just watch out, you WILL get hooked!!!
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Summary: The Base of All to Come
Review: While many consider Warrior: En Garde to not be Stackpole's finest liteary accomplishment, the entire Warrior trillogy gives a basis of what is to come in the future of the BattleTech Universe. And the Warrior trillogy starts here, with Warrior: En Garde. The Warrior Trillogy books were my first forray into the BattleTech Universe of fiction, and after finishing those went directly to the Blood of Kerensky books. I, like many BattleTech readers, consider Stackpole's books to be less fiction and more history in the BattleTech universe. Stackpole's ability to carry on multiple stories accross space and time, yet keeping them all interwoven is a litery skill he has indeed mastered, yet keeps the scenes breveft and intense. Each of the books in the trillogy, especially Warrior: En Garde could have been extended to more than three books in itself, but its elegance in simplicity is one of its greatest qualities. If you have not read this book, and the rest of the Warrior Trillogy, you are misssing out on three of the greatest BattleTech novels ever written and a good history lesson behind all the future events in the Inner Sphere.
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