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Title: Ghost War by Michael A. Stackpole ISBN: 0-451-45905-9 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: There's a signpost up ahead ...
Comment: I've never read any of the other MechWarrior or BattleTech series of books, yet I have been very interested in the MechWarrior PC games. As a matter of fact, I have MechWarrior 3 on my computer, and I am looking forward to upgrading my gaming system to Microsoft's X-Box just so I can have Mech Assault. If there is anything that I can say about MWDA:Ghost War, it's that I love this book! I was warned (I read another review)that I would be in for a ride. And I have been on one since the first page. And it hasn't changed my opinion about the game, whatsoever. Every step I take in a 'Mech, is an imaginery walk in Mason's 'Mech. Michael Stackpole's Mason Dunne tells it like it is, and can walk the walk to prove it. Although, if you leave it to Lady lakewood, he's a bit clumsy. However, Stackpole has a good sense of deception. I was fooled by the Sam Donnelly/Mason Dunne character and his intentions. I was even more fooled by the so-called arrest by Janella Lakewood. No need to say more and ruin the story there.
Yet, I give the same warning to those who are about pick up this book: your in for one hell of a ride!
I hope that the remaining three books, and all of the others are just as exciting as this one. For a first timer, and an avid fan of Briam Lumley's Necroscope Series, this is a very decent change of pace for me. Every page read is a new lesson learned in playing the game. But then again, I'm just a junkie for this kind of stuff, and I have a run-away imagination. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Anyway, read MWDA: Ghost War. Live it, feel it, explore it, chew on it for lunch! You'll find it pleasing to the palate. Especially if you envision it with today's headlines of war here, impending war there, you'll raise an eyebrow at some of the similarities. There's a sign post up ahead - "Warning: 'Mech Crossing" Just pray that its a Ghost Knight.
I give MWDA:Ghost War, 4 stars. Add 1 because at this point I haven't finished reading as of yet. And I'm waiting for the next one to arrive.
Rating: 4
Summary: Vintage Stackpole - but different from "usual" Battletech
Comment: For those who've read a lot of books by Michael Stackpole, they will be pleased to see him go back to a first person narrative and a brash, active, go-for-it type of hero (easily compaired to Wolfgang Kies). For those who've read tons of Battletech-novels, this one might seem very different from Stackpole's other books in the series. There are hints of the larger picture in this universe, the so-called center-thread Stackpole used to "own" before ... but the events are not of the same magnitude: the plot is about single planets (perhaps indicative of the communications problems that define this new era) instead of star-spanning realms or even the whole Inner Sphere. Then again, as it was probably intended, it is a good jumping-on point for new readers (new players of the new game) with only minimal referals to all that happened a century before.
My only real "beef" with the book, is that 95 % of the story could just as easily have been set in another story- or game-universe (heck, it would've been a good Wolf & Raven story) ... with only a few Mech-battles thrown in.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but not Stackpole's best...
Comment: I actually give this book about a 3.5... The only flaw with this intriguing introduction to the Dark Age of the Inner Sphere is that, at times, things seem to work out a little too well for the protagonist, Mason Dunne. Most of the time, his plans go exactly as he wants them to go. Also, if he is ever beaten, he just shrugs the bruises off and goes about his life the next day like nothing happened at all. If this doesn't deter a reader, then this novel is worth a chance. Fans of the Battletech series and the Dark Age collectible game would thoroughly enjoy this introduction to the latest saga of the mighty MechWarriors of the 32nd Century.
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Title: The Ruins of Power by Robert E. Vardeman ISBN: 0451459288 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Silence in the Heavens by Martin Delrio ISBN: 0451459326 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Truth and Shadows (MechWarrior: Dark Age #5) by Martin Delrio ISBN: 0451459385 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: By Temptations and By War (MechWarrior: Dark Age) by Loren L. Coleman ISBN: 0451459474 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Service for the Dead by Martin Delrio ISBN: 0451459431 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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