Flashpoint
by Loren Coleman
BattleTech Novel Reading Order (52), BattleTech (DE) (54), BattleTech (CAT36008)
134 Members (3.55)
On This Page
Description
David McCarthy returns to Kathil a hero--one of the few surviving members of the First Kathil Uhlans, who fought so fiercely in the war to defeat the Clans. But David returns from Clan space with haunting memories of the cost of victory…With the Federated Commonwealth on the brink of civil war, David joins the planetary militia on Kathil--and steps into a powder keg. Opposing forces wrangle for control of the planet and its orbital shipyards, which berths a portion of FedCom’s mighty show more WarShip fleet. The Eighth Regimental Combat Team--loyal to Archon Katrina--refuses to turn over control of the planet to the militia. Caught in the power struggle between supporters of Katrina and those of her brother Victor, McCarthy vows that he won’t fail the people of his homeworld, even if that means leading his untested MechWarriors against the Eighth’s superior firepower--and dredging up a past he’d rather forget… show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
24+ Works 1,716 Members
Series
BattleTech Novel Reading Order
101 works (52)
BattleTech (DE)
62 works (54)
BattleTech
123 works (CAT36008)
Belongs to Publisher Series
Work Relationships
Has as a supplement
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Flashpoint
- Original title
- Flashpoint
- Alternate titles
- Battletech: Flashpoint
- Original publication date
- 2001-04
- People/Characters
- David McCarthy; Evan Greene; Karen Fallon; Xander Barajas; Victor Steiner-Davion; Katherine Steiner-Davion (show all 51); Andrew Redburn; Jonathan Kerr; Morgan Hasek-Davion; George Hasek (31st c.); Tara Michaels; Richard Smith (Corporal - Kathil CMM); Donald Sampreis; Damien Zibler; Koster VanLees; Petyr VanLees; Mitchell Weintraub; Nondi Steiner; Theodore Kurita; Michelle Dettori; Stefan Amaris; Yvonne Steiner-Davion; Michael Hasek-Davion; Hanse Davion; Amanda Black; Dylan Pachenko; Jason McCarthy; Melissa Steiner-Davion; Peter Dresari (Duke Sharpe); Immortal Warrior; Grace McCarthy; Pauline McCarthy; Adam McCarthy; Xander Barajas; Charles Price; Yoshitomi Tendo; Dwight Mancuso; Brian Case; Jim Wendt; Eric LaSaber; Candace Liao; Marsha Yori; Karl Tarsk; Paul Allison; Fredek Vebber; Deborah Watson; Mao Zedong; Helen Sanderson; Lars-Erik Gennady; Elise Kennedy; Arthur Steiner-Davion
- Important places
- Huntress (Kerensky Cluster, Clan Space); Kathil (Capellan March, Federated Commonwealth); Tukayyid (Free Rasalhauge Republic); Strana Mechty (Clan Homeworlds); Solaris VII (Lyran Alliance); Outreach (Chaos March) (show all 17); Lee (Federated Commonwealth); St. Ives (St. Ives Compact); New Syrtis (Federated Commonwealth); New Avalon (Federated Commonwealth); Alshain (Ghost Bear Dominion); New Aragon (Federated Commonwealth); Kentares IV (Federated Commonwealth); Robinson (Federated Commonwealth); Northwind (Chaos March); Turtle Bay (Draconis Combine); Nanking (Federated Commonwealth)
- Important events
- FedCom Civil War; Task Force Serpent
- Epigraph
- War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can [therefore] be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
—Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, 1938 On Protracted War - Dedication
- To Allen and Amy Mattila, for the many nights of movies and wine and talk.
- First words
- It would be the Uhlans' last stand.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Nothing," he said heavily, "but war."
- Publisher's editor
- Ippolito, Donna
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.5
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 134
- Popularity
- 243,168
- Rating
- (3.55)
- Languages
- English, German, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
