Blood Avatar
by Ilsa J. Bick
MechWarrior: Dark Age (#19), BattleTech Novel Reading Order (83), BattleTech (DE) (MechWarrior: Dark Age — MWDA 19), BattleTech (MWDA #19)
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When a body turns up in Farway and the Denebola Bureau of Investigation offers to help identify the murder victim, Sheriff Hank Ketchum knows he's in over his head. Detective Jack Ramsey digs into the case and discovers evidence that puts Farway at the heart of a conspiracy.Tags
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Blood Avatar is a radical departure from the rest of the BattleTech books. Ilsa Bick even warns the reader of this in her acknowledgments. Not that it's not a part of the universe—it definitely is, and layers in hints of events to come that promise to be… interesting.
Much like Ilsa's prior works, this book pulls no punches. The main plot concerns a violent, mentally disturbed murderer, and both his thoughts and the aftermath of his work are told as they would be. I almost want to term the style hyperrealistic.
I guess the one thing keeping me from giving the book a perfect score is that while it's an excellent book, I'm not sure just how good of a MechWarrior/BattleTech book it is. Maybe after I see how the hints tie in to the rest show more of the story I'll change my mind, but for now that's how it'll be.
That said, I still highly recommend this book to anyone, BattleTech fan or not, science fiction fan or not. It doesn't really fall into either of those; it's really a psychological murder mystery trying to hide under those names. I just hope that readers are able to look past the logo on the cover & see the real book within. show less
Much like Ilsa's prior works, this book pulls no punches. The main plot concerns a violent, mentally disturbed murderer, and both his thoughts and the aftermath of his work are told as they would be. I almost want to term the style hyperrealistic.
I guess the one thing keeping me from giving the book a perfect score is that while it's an excellent book, I'm not sure just how good of a MechWarrior/BattleTech book it is. Maybe after I see how the hints tie in to the rest show more of the story I'll change my mind, but for now that's how it'll be.
That said, I still highly recommend this book to anyone, BattleTech fan or not, science fiction fan or not. It doesn't really fall into either of those; it's really a psychological murder mystery trying to hide under those names. I just hope that readers are able to look past the logo on the cover & see the real book within. show less
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- Canonical title
- Blood Avatar
- Original title
- Blood Avatar
- Alternate titles
- Mechwarrior Dark Age: Blood Avatar; Blood Avatar: A Battletech Novel
- Original publication date
- 2005-12-06
- People/Characters
- Hank Ketchum; Jack Ramsey; Amanda Slade; Jonathan Yurei Kamimori (Little Luthien Killer); Craig Dickert (Gabriel); Quentin McFaine (show all 43); Noah Schroeder; Joey Ketchum; Troy Underhill; Frederic Limyanovich (Pseudonym Maximilian Youssef); Mary, mother of Jesus; Jesus Christ; Phil Pearl; Jacob Bannson; Lottie Ketchum; Sarah Schroeder; Hannah Schroeder; Isaiah Schroeder; Scott Schroeder; John Boaz; Jorg Kampephos; Fred Carruthers; Ida Kant; Devlin Stone; Dani Kodza; Katana Tormark; Jonah Levin; Vladimir Limyanovich; Ezekiel Summers; Emma Summers; Kinsey de Medici; Stefan Amaris; Hanse Davion; Melissa Steiner-Davion; Andrew the Apostle (Saint, 1st century); Peter the Apostle (Saint, Simon Peter, Cephas); Adam Summers; Aleksandr Kerensky; Htov Gbarleman; Kevin Ramsey; Sandra Underhill; Vern Underhill; Zadok the son of Ahitub
- Important places
- Denebola (Republic of the Sphere); Towne (Republic of the Sphere); Luthien (Draconis Combine); Northwind (Republic of the Sphere); Cartago (Federated Suns); New Avalon (Federated Suns) (show all 26); Terra (Republic of the Sphere); Tikonov (Republic of the Sphere); Tharkad (Lyran Commonwealth); Skye (Lyran Commonwealth); Dalkeith (Lyran Commonwealth); Port Moseby (Lyran Commonwealth); Xinyang (Draconis Combine); Benjamin (Draconis Combine); Itabiana (Sea Fox Occupation Zone); Nykvarn (Draconis Combine); Dieron (Draconis Combine); Devil's Rock (Republic of the Sphere); Alcor (Republic of the Sphere); Nyserta (Draconis Combine); Tukayyid (Free Rasalhague Republic); Twycross (Sea Fox Occupation Zone); Buckminster (Draconis Combine); Styk (Republic of the Sphere); Sorunda (Free Worlds League); Kittery (Kittery Prefecture)
- Epigraph
- The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary, he will come only one day after his arrival, he will not come on the last day, but on the last day of all. —Franz Kafka
- Dedication
- For Dean, who showed me the way.
- First words
- All Jack Ramsey needed was one scream.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I’m listening.”
- Publisher's editor
- Mulvihill, Sharon Turner
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.6
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