The Scorpion Jar
by Jason M. Hardy
MechWarrior: Dark Age (#13), BattleTech Novel Reading Order (77), BattleTech (DE) (MechWarrior: Dark Age — MWDA 13), BattleTech (MWDA #13)
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POISON COMES IN MANY FORMS...Exarch Damien Redburn has called for the election of his replacement. Paladins assemble from all corners of the Republic, and those vying to be the next Exarch are creating a lively nomination process. But machinations behind the scenes threaten to turn the election into a bloodbath.
Paladins Heather GioAvanti and Jonah Levin are both conducting investigations into suspicious activities swirling around the edges of this high-level gathering, including a show more suspected assassination at the highest level of Republic government. The leads they uncover repeatedly intersect, and it becomes clear that more than one group intends to disrupt the election. Through political influence, assassination, or rebellion, each of these cabals ultimately seeks to place its own man or woman in the Exarch's seat—and whoever controls the Exarch controls the Republic.
But Damien Redburn will not allow his successor to be a puppet, and is more than willing to throw a few 'Mechs and a secret agent or two into the mix to get the result he wants—even if what he wants may be a surprise to everyone else...
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- Canonical title
- The Scorpion Jar
- Original title
- The Scorpion Jar
- Alternate titles
- Mechwarrior Dark Age: The Scorpion Jar; The Scorpion Jar: A Battletech Novel
- Original publication date
- 2004-12-07
- People/Characters
- Victor Steiner-Davion; Devlin Stone; Jonah Levin; Katherine Steiner-Davion; Elena Ruiz; Robert Goldberg (show all 48); Otto Mandela; Ella Geraldo; Dan Harwicke; Damien Redburn; Gareth Sinclair; Kal Radick; Anastasia Kerensky; Heather GioAvanti; Cullen Roi; Anna Levin; Tyrina Drummond; Thaddeus Marik III; Anders Kessel; Kelson Sorenson; David McKinnon; Daniel Peterson (Ezekiel Crow); Tara Campbell; Janella Lakewood; Henrik Morten; Charlemagne; King Arthur; Frederick Barbarossa; Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi (Hidden Imam); Meraj Jorgensson; Kaffyd Op Owens; Maya Avellar; Burton Horn; Geoffrey Mallowes; Kay Leeson; Tony Delgado; Estrin Koss; Rick Santangelo; Cray Stansill; Wilson Turk; Rafaella Graves; Hohiro Newberry; Royle Cragin; Melanie Vladistok; Lina Derius; David Guliani; Elsa Kavendish; George Armstrong Custer
- Important places
- Terra (Republic of the Sphere); Sheratan (Republic of the Sphere); Kervil (Republic of the Sphere); Sadalbari (Republic of the Sphere); Woodstock (Republic of the Sphere); Stewart (Marik-Stewart Commonwealth) (show all 25); Kittery (Kittery Prefecture); Liao (Capellan Confederation); Northwind (Republic of the Sphere); Mallory's World (Republic of the Sphere); Ryde (Republic of the Sphere); Skye (Republic of the Sphere); Rasalhague (Free Rasalhague Republic); Al Na'ir (Republic of the Sphere); Hesperus II (Lyran Commonwealth); Kurragin (Capellan Confederation); Kyrkbacken (Republic of the Sphere); Elnath (Republic of the Sphere); Yunnah (Republic of the Sphere); Palos (Republic of the Sphere); Wei (Republic of the Sphere); Holt (Republic of the Sphere); Sian (Capellan Confederation); Unity (Republic of the Sphere); Dieron (Republic of the Sphere)
- First words
- The final glimmer of a purple-and-orange sunset had disappeared into the chill of a late-autumn night.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Sure, he faced a more powerful enemy this time, but there was no question that he and his troops would hold the line for Devlin Stone’s dream.
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.6
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- English, German
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- Paper, Ebook
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