Call of Duty
by Blaine Lee Pardoe
BattleTech Novel Reading Order (57), BattleTech (DE) (56), BattleTech (CAT36037)
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PLANET OF PERIL...The planet Odessa is caught between two adversaries whose personal antagonism may cost them much more than their lives.
On one side is Count Nicholas Fisk, ruler of Odessa and a staunch supporter of Katrina Steiner, the ruler of the Lyran Alliance. In an effort to help stamp out the rebellion against Katrina's rule that has sprouted up across dozens of Alliance worlds, Count Fisk hopes to lure one of the more successful rebels to ultimate destruction. On the other side of show more the conflict are Leftenant General Archer Christifori and his Archer's Avengers, who support Prince Victor and his bid to oust Katrina.
Though he knows Odessa is a trap, the possibility of winning the famed mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars to the cause is too tempting to pass up. But where peace is expected, battle ensues. And the black and white of friend and foe quickly turn to shades of gray while treachery abounds.
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The next BattleTech book in the line... busines as usual. Two mercenary teams staring faces each other at the battle of the planet Osessa. Slowly they realise not the other team are the enemy but the politicians (mainly Katrina Steiner-Davion) whose plans are sinister, cynical and includes that they have to kill each other.
As I said it's a typical BattleTech book. The battle descriptions are boring but the politics are exciting.
As I said it's a typical BattleTech book. The battle descriptions are boring but the politics are exciting.
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Blaine Pardoe is a novelist and military historian. He has been a featured speaker at the United States National Archives, the United States Navy Museum, and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. His books have been printed in six languages. Pardoe resides in Amissville, Virginia.
Series
BattleTech Novel Reading Order
101 works (57)
BattleTech (DE)
62 works (56)
BattleTech
123 works (CAT36037)
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- Canonical title
- Call of Duty
- Original title
- Call of Duty
- Alternate titles
- Battletech: Call of Duty
- Original publication date
- 2001-10-10
- People/Characters
- Archer Christifori; Nicholas Fisk; Rhonda Snord; Robert Feehan; Alexandria Natasha Snord; Katherine Steiner-Davion (show all 56); Hanse Davion; Melissa Steiner-Davion; Victor Steiner-Davion; Thomas Marik; Yvonne Steiner-Davion; Arthur Steiner-Davion; Anton Lentard; Napoleon Bonaparte; Sun-Tzu Liao; Theodore Kurita; Scott Blackstone; Katya Chaffee; Darius Hopkins; John Kraff; Alice Gett; Francine Culver; Andrew Hackley; Darren Stump; Holly Neuman; Andrea Christifori; Anton Gramash; Morgan Kell; Randolph Hackman; Stonewall Jackson; Luther Fisk; Harry Hogan; Cranston Snord; Jaime Wolf; Thomas Sherwood; Erwin Vester; Katrina Steiner; Samuel Sneede; Raymond Grace; Jack Strickland; Adrian Glyndon; Deb H'Chu; Damon Huntt; Robert E. Lee; James Traki; Joey-Lynn Fraser; Grant Watkey (Watkin?); Smokey Thai; Jimmy Manstein; Marcos Shake; Wally George; Andy Stickland; Lee Fullerton; Julius Caesar; Immortal Warrior; Paul Snider
- Important places
- New Avalon (Crucis March, Federated Commonwealth); Alcor (Isle of Skye, Lyran Alliance); Odessa (District of Donegal, Lyran Alliance); Skye (Lyran Alliance); Donegal (Lyran Alliance); Brockway (Federated Suns) (show all 26); Kathil (Federated Suns); Thorin (Lyran Alliance); Muphrid (Lyran Alliance); Milton (Lyran Alliance); Robinson (Federated Suns); Syrma (Lyran Alliance); Bryceland (Federated Suns); Sirdar (Federated Suns); Algol (Federated Suns); Alcyone (Federated Suns); An Ting (Federated Suns); Demeter (Federated Suns); Arc-Royal (Lyran Alliance); Tharkad (Lyran Alliance); Huntress (Clan Homeworlds); Clinton (Lyran Alliance); Terra; Ironhold (Clan Homeworlds); Tukayyid (Free Rasalhauge Republic); Outreach (Chaos March)
- Important events
- FedCom Civil War
- Epigraph
- The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
—Ulysses S. Grant
Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.
—Napoleon Bonaparte
In the long run, luck is given only to the efficient.
—Helmut von Moltke
Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they're whipped, the quicker we can go home.
—General George S. Patton, Jr.... (show all), addressing his troops before Operation Overlord - Dedication
- As always, this book is dedicated to my wife, Cyndi, my son, Alexander, and my daughter, Victoria. It is also dedicated to my alma mater, Central Michigan University, and to my good friends and coworkers, who provided me with... (show all) a wealth of character material without even realizing it.
I extend a special dedication to the folks at FASA: Donna, Bryan, Randall, and the other authors in the series.
Finally, special thanks go out to Alan Andrews, who, when I was just a kid, introduced me to wargaming. I devoured the works of James F. Dunnigan and the old SPI and Avalon Hill game companies. Without those roots, I doubt I would ever have ended up writing these books. To this date, those old war games still pack a hell of a punch, and without them, there would not be a gaming industry—not as we know it, anyway. Role players, card gamers, and PC-game players owe a lot to those early days of the industry. - First words
- Katrina Steiner-Davion gazed up at the granite statue guarding the entrance to the Davion tombs on New Avalon.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But in the end, they changed nothing.
- Publisher's editor
- Ippolito, Donna
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.5
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- English, German, Hungarian
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- Paper, Ebook
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- ASINs
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