Rating: 
Summary: Dissapointing
Review: The basic premise behind "Dagger Point" is pretty good. I rather enjoyed reading about the Eridani Light Horse in his previous novels and was looking forward to this one. It has some good points, Gressman writes excellent military sequences and has a solid grasp of military lingo and technique. His dialogue and writing style are getting better, but there is the occassional clunker. (Why do the bad guys always have to sleep with their female subordinates?) If anything, I believe this novel was the victim of a word limit. The ending felt too rushed, which resulted in the ending being unsatisfying. Still, I'd be interested in a follow-up to the ELH storyline.
Rating:
Summary: War is hell
Review: The problem with battletech is that war is hell. This book clearly shows the potential of the series. Lets face it though, the great days of battletech seem to be fading. Problem is there are no great wars left to fight. 4th Suc War was a HELL OF A WAR. Clans, good Dracs, united Free Worlders, blah. Sun Tzu and Kat Steiner are being wasted as great villans. This book illustrates what you get when you combine good authors, great settings, and no story. Two stars. My advise, get somebody at FASA to script out a big, knock down, drag out, WAR spanning everything. Then give your authors free reign to bring it all home to us, the loyal readers.
Rating: 
Summary: Decent, yet not nearly the best
Review: This was about the tenth book in the Battletech series, and it is NOT the best book I have read. The rushed feeling in the end made the plot lose a fraction of it's luster. Also, Mr. Gressman needs to research into other books and clan history. The Tau glaxy was not from the Nova Cats, but was the Smoke Jaguar's galaxy, commanded by Devon Osis, the was beaten severely by the joint efforts of the Nova Cats and the mercenary group, the Northwind Highlanders. However it was still a decent book, and kept up with the continuing battle against the Cappellan Confederation.
Rating:
Summary: Good Effort, but it seemed not quite ready for prime time
Review: What can I say, It was a good effort, and it had a good story, but it seemed rushed and way too hurried an effort. It needed polishing and almost all of the characters needed more in the way of depth. There was also some realism questions and a feeling of abruptness with the ending. I was left lacking.
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