Tactics of Duty

by William H. Keith

BattleTech: The Saga of the Gray Death Legion (05), BattleTech Novel Reading Order (25 (Gray Death Legion 05)), BattleTech (DE) (29), BattleTech (CAT36027)

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This is the latest novel in the Battletech series. Previous titles in the series include Thunder Rift, Mercenary's Star and Price of Glory.

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William H. Keith Jr., William H. Keith Jr. has written over sixty novels dealing with the theme of war. Keith was in the Navy during the Vietnam war as a hospital corpsman, which gave him the personal experience with which to write his novels. Writting under the pseudonym 'H. Jay Riker,' Keith produced the "SEALS: The Warrior Breed" series, a show more family drama encompassing the history of Navy UDT and the SEALS from World War II to present say. Under the pseudonym 'Ian Douglas,' Keith wrote a military science fiction series which follows the course of U.S. Marines in the future show less

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Canonical title
Tactics of Duty
Original title
Tactics of Duty
Alternate titles
Battletech: Tactics of Duty
Original publication date
1995-08
People/Characters
Alexander Carlyle; Davis McCall; Grayson Death Carlyle; Lori Kalmar; Kellen Folker; Jaime Wolf (show all 78); Felix Zellner; James Seymour; Thurman Vaughn; Vinton Karst; Caitlin DeVries; Walter Dupré; Davis Clay; Vernon Artman; Ellen Jamison; Victor Steiner-Davion; Caesar Steiner; Wilhelm von Bulow; Nelson Wilmarth; Hassan Ali Khaled; Charles Bear; Clara Stuart McCall; Angus McCall; Ben McCall; Robert McCall; Katherine McCall; Terrance Grant; Sargon the Great; Margo Shaeffer; Julia Callaway; Jonathan Frye; Rae Houk; Hanse Davion; Melissa Steiner-Davion; Ryan Steiner; David Sandoval; Simon Cameron; Santly Gunnarson; Veronica Tassone; George Gordon Meade; Robert E. Lee; Henry Heth; James Longstreet; Stonewall Jackson; J. E. B. Stuart; Sun-Tzu; Brandal Gareth; Niccolò Machiavelli; Marta McCall; Julia McCall; Kristal McCall; James Graham; Allyn Mclntyre; Ambrose McBee; Jasper Ovidon; Jennifer Walters; Xavier Mendez; Cintly Sashimoto; Bryson Caruthers; Katrina Steiner; Lawrence Anders; Albrecht Weiss; Sharon Kilroy; Thomas Vandermier; Jim Brunner; Carla Staedler; Allison Lang; Rodney Leitner; George Sidney Groton; Ann Warfield; Duane Gallery; Grigor Aleksanyen; Sergei Golovanov; Bruce Lazenby; Hank Corby; Brian Fox; Maria Delgado; Terry O'Reilly
Important places
Glengarry (Skye March, Federated Commonwealth); Hesperus II (Tamarind March, Federated Commonwealth); Caledonia (Skye March, Federated Commonwealth); Skye (Federated Commonwealth); New Earth (Tau Ceti II - Federated Commonwealth); Northwind (Federated Commonwealth) (show all 29); Galatea (Federated Commonwealth); Outreach (Federated Commonwealth); Terra; Furillo (Federated Commonwealth); Luthien (Draconis Combine); Tharkad (Federated Commonwealth); Rigil Kentarus (Rigel Kent - Federated Commonwealth); Carstairs (Federated Commonwealth); New Avalon (Federated Commonwealth); Gladius (Federated Commonwealth); Laiaka (Federated Commonwealth); Solaris VII (Federated Commonwealth); Tamarind (Free Worlds League); Tamar (Federated Commonwealth); Donegal (Federated Commonwealth); Karbala (Free Rasalhague Republic); Robinson (Federated Commonwealth); Arcadia (Federated Commonwealth); Ueda (Free Rasalhague Republic); Verthandi (Lyran Commonwealth); Sirius (Capellan Confederation); Helm (Free Worlds League); Sudeten (Federated Commonwealth)
First words
Laser fire flashed, a dazzling strobe of ruby brilliance searing through the swirl of smoke and dust.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"The Legion will survive."
Publisher's editor
Ippolito, Donna
Original language
English
Canonical DDC/MDS
813.5

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Science Fiction, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813.5Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-1999
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