Daughter of the Dragon
by Ilsa J. Bick
MechWarrior: Dark Age (#16), BattleTech Novel Reading Order (80), BattleTech (DE) (MechWarrior: Dark Age — MWDA 16), BattleTech (MWDA #16)
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Katana Tormark's family was disgraced by a traitor. To regain her clan's honor, she challenges House Kurita's right to rule the Combine. Undermining their authority, Katana is pushing them into a conflict with the Republic they don't want. But Warlord Mitsura Sakamoto has his own desire to rule, and and he's not going to let Katana stand in his way.Tags
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Daughter of the Dragon is perhaps the best BattleTech novel I have ever read.
Not to say that the novel is perfect—no book is. But it's certainly the strongest so far. Where the other books in the series have generally used characters to further the plot, here the focus is the characters; the plot is secondary to Katana Tomark and the Bounty Hunter. They are it and it is them.
Daughter may come across strong to some readers. It serves them both a crash course in Kuritan culture, in a depth that hasn't been seen since Robert Charrette's novels in the early 1990s, and a heavy dose of realism. Bick doesn't hide who these characters are. They're violent. They swear. And they're sexual.
Yet, while Bick does show the reader the truth of the show more characters, major and minor, she doesn't overdo it. This isn't David Mack-style carnography. She gives the reader just enough to get the proper mindset, and no more.
Daughter is a character study. Just by being one--and being good—it stands out above the crowd. The events of the book may not be epic, but they're a lot more engrossing—and a lot more interesting—thanks to Bick's unique way of getting the reader into the character's minds. I can't recommend this book highly enough to any BattleTech fan—or even those who aren't. show less
Not to say that the novel is perfect—no book is. But it's certainly the strongest so far. Where the other books in the series have generally used characters to further the plot, here the focus is the characters; the plot is secondary to Katana Tomark and the Bounty Hunter. They are it and it is them.
Daughter may come across strong to some readers. It serves them both a crash course in Kuritan culture, in a depth that hasn't been seen since Robert Charrette's novels in the early 1990s, and a heavy dose of realism. Bick doesn't hide who these characters are. They're violent. They swear. And they're sexual.
Yet, while Bick does show the reader the truth of the show more characters, major and minor, she doesn't overdo it. This isn't David Mack-style carnography. She gives the reader just enough to get the proper mindset, and no more.
Daughter is a character study. Just by being one--and being good—it stands out above the crowd. The events of the book may not be epic, but they're a lot more engrossing—and a lot more interesting—thanks to Bick's unique way of getting the reader into the character's minds. I can't recommend this book highly enough to any BattleTech fan—or even those who aren't. show less
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- Canonical title
- Daughter of the Dragon
- Original title
- Daughter of the Dragon
- Alternate titles
- Mechwarrior Dark Age: Daughter of the Dragon; Daughter of the Dragon: A Battletech Novel
- Original publication date
- 2005-06-07
- People/Characters
- Katana Tormark; Mitsura Sakamoto; Antonia Chinn; Bounty Hunter (Michi Fraser); Vincent Kurita; Ramadeep Bhatia (show all 81); Reginald Eriksson; Akira Tormark; Rachel Jefferson; Devlin Stone; Kan Otome; Jacob Bannson; Jonathan Yurei Kamimori (Bounty Hunter, Jack Nanashi); Marcus Kamimori; Michi Noketsuna; Adrian Penn; Brad Dennis; Pattie McAllister; Samantha Will; Doppo Saito; Matsuhari Toranaga; Tahara Sakamoto; Theodore Kurita II (32nd c.); Chomie Kurita; Takashi Kurita; Theodore Kurita I; Hohiro Kurita II; Jonah Levin; Robert Kurita; Nihongi Von Rohrs; Carol Worridge; Aki Mori; Subhash Indrahar; Rachel Eriksson; Andre Crawford; Oniji Otome; Matt McCain; Viki Drexel; Knave of Hearts; Emi Kurita; Shiro Kurita; Abeda Measho; Wahab Fusilli; Joji Ashida; Atsutane Kobayashi; Jazeburo Enda; Hideki Ame; Miko Tanaka; Zachary O’Mallory; Takeda Fuchida; Reinaldo Tormark; Sully James; Liz Magruder; Wesley Parks; Ichiyo Rusch; Hampton Rhodes; Thaddeus Hiwari; Todd Hammond; Kirk Jameson; Sherry Platt; Polly Platt; Phillip Platt; Tony Ito; Matsuro Kamikuro; Thaddeus Shotoko; William Bruckner; Terry Merrick; Priscila Recinto; Russ Fox; Mike Brautigan; Leo Montgomery; Victor Steiner-Davion; Tina Magnusson-Talbot; Larry Coleman; Valerie Hines; Frank McGinnis; Hieronymus Bosch; Orrin Sand; Jing Smith; Jason Whistler; J. Sterling
- Important places
- Devil's Rock (Republic of the Sphere); Luthien (Draconis Combine); Towne (Republic of the Sphere); Northwind (Republic of the Sphere); Ancha (Republic of the Sphere); Ludwig (Draconis Combine) (show all 76); Benjamin (Draconis Combine); Procyon (Republic of the Sphere); Castor (Republic of the Sphere); Connaught (Republic of the Sphere); Junction (Draconis Combine); Tsukude (Republic of the Sphere); Proserpina (Republic of the Sphere); Pesht (Draconis Combine); New Samarkand (Draconis Combine); Vega (Republic of the Sphere); Liao (Capellan Confederation); Terra (Republic of the Sphere); Arlington (Draconis Combine); Algedi (Draconis Combine); Waddesdon (Draconis Combine); Kurhah (Draconis Combine); Homam (Draconis Combine); Matar (Draconis Combine); Klathandu IV (Draconis Combine); Biham (Republic of the Sphere); Dieron (Draconis Combine); Sadalbari (Republic of the Sphere); Buckminster (Draconis Combine); Kitalpha (Draconis Combine); Shibukawa (Draconis Combine); Minakuchi (Draconis Combine); Irian (Republic of the Sphere); New Avalon (Federated Suns); Al Na'ir (Draconis Combine); Gram (Draconis Combine); Shimosuwa (Draconis Combine); Rukbat (Republic of the Sphere); Shitara (Republic of the Sphere); Altais (Republic of the Sphere); Alnasi (Republic of the Sphere); Galatia (Republic of the Sphere); Sadachbia (Republic of the Sphere); Sirius (Republic of the Sphere); Ronel (Republic of the Sphere); Shinonoi (Republic of the Sphere); Deneb Algedi (Republic of the Sphere); Telos IV (Republic of the Sphere); Poznan (Republic of the Sphere); Carver V (Republic of the Sphere); Epsilon Eridani (Republic of the Sphere); Saffel (Republic of the Sphere); Athenry (Republic of the Sphere); Helen (Republic of the Sphere); Mallory's World (Republic of the Sphere); Chichibu (Republic of the Sphere); Shimonita (Republic of the Sphere); Albalii (Republic of the Sphere); Piedmont (Republic of the Sphere); Halstead Station (Republic of the Sphere); New Mendham (Draconis Combine); Reisling's Planet (Draconis Combine); Scheat (Republic of the Sphere); Yance (Republic of the Sphere); Hean (Republic of the Sphere); Nirasaki (Republic of the Sphere); Kervil (Republic of the Sphere); Nashira (Republic of the Sphere); Skye (Republic of the Sphere); Dyev (Republic of the Sphere); Asta (Republic of the Sphere); Cylene (Republic of the Sphere); Dabih (Republic of the Sphere); Styx (Republic of the Sphere); Pike IV (Republic of the Sphere); Mizunami (Draconis Combine)
- First words
- Seven at night and still raining like hell in Faust City: a frigid rain, the near side of sleet, the kind that spiked a man’s skin like an ice pick and burned like a brand.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)“I do believe you’re on to something.”
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.6
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