Ideal War
by Christopher Kubasik
BattleTech Novel Reading Order (18), BattleTech (DE) (18), BattleTech (CAT36058)
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A WAR BOTH SIDES ARE LOSING...Captain Paul Masters, a knight of the House of Marik, is well versed in the art of BattleMech combat. A veteran of countless battles, he personifies the virtues of the Inner Sphere MechWarrior. But when he is sent to evaluate a counterinsurgency operation on a backwater planet, he doesn't find the ideal war he expects. Instead of valiant patriots fighting villainous rebels, he discovers a guerrilla war—both sides have abandoned decency for expediency, ideals show more for body counts, and honor for victory. It's a dirty, dirty war...
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Painfully slow read until the last 5 chapters. I love Battletech, but this was a tough one for me to get through. I can only recommend it to the most hardcore fans.
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BattleTech Novel Reading Order
101 works (18)
BattleTech (DE)
62 works (18)
BattleTech
123 works (CAT36058)
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- Canonical title
- Ideal War
- Original title
- Ideal War
- Alternate titles
- Battletech: Ideal War
- Original publication date
- 1993-03-01
- People/Characters
- Paul Masters; Thomas Marik; Joshua Marik; Aleksandr Kerensky; Thomas Malory; Albert Einstein (show all 14); Jean Masters; Johan Marik; Nathen Roush; Carl von Clausewitz; William Blane; Trent Arian; Maid Kris; Ibn Sa'ud
- Important places
- Atreus (Marik Commonwealth, Free Worlds League); Gibson (Principality of Gibson, Free Worlds League); New Avalon (Federated Commonwealth); Regulus (Free Worlds League); Andurien (Free Worlds League); Marik (Free Worlds League) (show all 13); Solaris VII (Federated Commonwealth); Terra; Procyon (Free Worlds League); Rasalhague (Free Rasalhague Republic); Oriente (Free Worlds League); Molokai (Free Worlds League); Clipper (Free Worlds League)
- Dedication
- For Joy, who, during a phone conversation on the subject of corpses, kept me on track about the matter of war.
- First words
- A dozen candles lit the study, their flames painting broad, flickering swaths of golden light all around them.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And in that instant his spirit buoyed, rising to float amid all the stars of space and all the souls that had gone before him.
- Publisher's editor
- Ippolito, Donna
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.5
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- Languages
- English, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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