A Bonfire of Worlds
by Steven Mohan Jr.
BattleTech Novel Reading Order (96), BattleCorps (10.15.2009), BattleTech (CATBT_BonF)
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FLICKERING HOPE IN A DARK AGE...The universe has gone dark. Interstellar communications has been lost across the Inner Sphere, threatening the corporate giant ComStar—and maybe civilization itself. Risking everything on a last chance for survival, Comstar has kidnapped the engineering genius Tucker Harwell, hoping he can unravel the mystery of the blackout. But Tucker isn’t just working on why it happened...he’s also trying to figure out who’s behind it.
Meanwhile, Khan Malvina show more Hazen solidifies her hold on a purified Clan Jade Falcon while hunting for the next enemy to crush under the talons of her brutal Mongol Doctrine. Hundreds of light-years away, Clan Wolf is carving out territory along the Lyran Commonwealth/Free Worlds League border—and Alaric Wolf is primed to make his moves in the halls of power.
Plans years in the making begin to come together across hundreds of star systems, and secrets hidden for decades will finally be revealed while an empire goes up in flames…
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A refreshing contrast to the rest of the Dark Age novels. Much like Stackpole's earlier novels, this book moves great chunks of the timeline forward.
Alaric is just as annoying as Victor though... Obviously he's going to end up IlKhan and that's just repeating the sins of BT past with Victor simply being the greatest and most privileged product of divine right in the galaxy. Blergh.
It's a shame the fiction and timeline died or went fallow shortly after this book.
Alaric is just as annoying as Victor though... Obviously he's going to end up IlKhan and that's just repeating the sins of BT past with Victor simply being the greatest and most privileged product of divine right in the galaxy. Blergh.
It's a shame the fiction and timeline died or went fallow shortly after this book.
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- Canonical title
- A Bonfire of Worlds
- Original title
- A Bonfire of Worlds
- Alternate titles
- Battletech: A Bonfire of Worlds
- Original publication date
- 2009-10-15
- People/Characters
- Tucker Harwell; Malvina Hazen; Alaric Ward; Thaddeus Marik; Devlin Stone; Melissa Steiner (show all 85); Elgin Sawyer; Jonah Levin; Derrick Carter; Cassandra Holliman; Nancy Carter; Patricia Harwell; Jerome Blake; Malcolm Buhl; Alexi Holt; Brian May; Lisa Koenigs-Cober; Dmitar Todorov; Jessica Halas-Hughes Marik; Anson Marik; Samuel Bone; Katherine Steiner-Davion; Seth Ward; Anastasia Kerensky; Vladimir Ward; Victor Steiner-Davion; Trillian Steiner; Vedet Brewer; Gunter Duiven; Beckett Malthus; Rose DeLaurel; Jonas Krick; Sandra Whitfield; Liam Ward; Nicholas Kerensky; Roderick Steiner; Patrik Fetladral; Selvina Woods; Gottfried Amirault; Manas Amirault; Marion Helm; Jerome Carter; Torrian Dolcat; Philip Hughes; Stanislav Zdenekova; Jasek Kelswa-Steiner; Jacob Carns; Derrick Kohl; Robert Ditch; Peter Frazier; Thomas Kirk; Kelson Sorenson; Miguel Costa; Dakota Hansen; Deborah Becker; Eduard Goran; Julian Davion; Callandre Kell; Yori Kurita; Kisho Nova Cat; Caleb Davion; Hanse Davion; Daoshen Liao; Gavin Marik-Davion; Harrison Davion; Jackson Davion; Erik Sandoval-Groell; Sally Yu; Malcolm Craig; Peter Steiner; Adam Steiner; Andrew Steiner; Nathan Hawkins; Ian Murchison; Bart Radick; Verena Wolf; Jana Pryde; Nicholas Spanner; Garner Kerensky; Elise Ward; Michael Devane; Anastasius Focht; Theresa Sparks; Brad Zimmer; Cynthia Meijer (Cynthy)
- Important places
- Yorii (Republic of the Sphere); Lyons (Republic of the Sphere); Luyten 68-28 (Republic of the Sphere); Wyatt (Republic of the Sphere); New Olympia (Free Worlds League); Atreus (Free Worlds League) (show all 78); Autumn Wind (Clan Wolf Occupation Zone); Cavanaugh II (Lyran Commonwealth); Bolan (Lyran Commonwealth); Stewart (Clan Wolf Occupation Zone); Kirkenlaard (Wolf Occupation Zone); Romulus (Hell's Horses Occupation Zone); Veckholm (Lyran Commonwealth); Ginestra (Clan Wolf Occupation Zone); Amity (Lyran Commonwealth); Terra (Republic of the Sphere); Harvest (Jade Falcon Occupation Zone); Aitutaki (Free Worlds League); Ionus (Free Worlds League); Manihiki (Free Worlds League); Escobas (Free Worlds League); Loyalty (Free Worlds League); Gienah (Lyran Commonwealth); Helm (Wolf Occupation Zone); Gannett (Wolf Occupation Zone); Ideyld (Lyran Commonwealth); Sheridan (Lyran Commonwealth); Oriente (Free Worlds League); Bainsville (Wolf Occupation Zone); Arc-Royal (Lyran Commonwealth); Dar-Es-Salaam (Lyran Commonwealth); Uhuru (Lyran Commonwealth); Nestor (Lyran Commonwealth); Concord (Lyran Commonwealth); Togwotee (Lyran Commonwealth); McAffe (Lyran Commonwealth); Kalidasa (Free Worlds League); Hyde (Lyran Commonwealth); Launam (Lyran Commonwealth); Ford (Lyran Commonwealth); Megrez (Lyran Commonwealth); Rahne (Lyran Commonwealth); Fianna (Lyran Commonwealth); Shasta (Lyran Commonwealth); New Avalon (Federated Suns); Hesperus II (Lyran Commonwealth); Bondurant (Lyran Commonwealth); Ronel (Republic of the Sphere); Vorzel (Lyran Commonwealth); Arcadia (Lyran Commonwealth); Tharkad (Lyran Commonwealth); Hollabrunn (Lyran Commonwealth); Senftenberg (Lyran Commonwealth); Mariefred (Lyran Commonwealth); Tukayyid (Free Rasalhague Republic); Yed Posterior (Lyran Commonwealth); Loric (Clan Wolf Occupation Zone); Bella I (Clan Wolf Occupation Zone); Arcturus (Lyran Commonwealth); Melissia (Lyran Commonwealth); Coventry (Lyran Commonwealth); Sargasso (Lyran Commonwealth); Santana (Lyran Commonwealth); Zanderij (Lyran Commonwealth); Skye (Lyran Commonwealth); Apostica (Jade Falcon Occupation Zone); Timkovichi (Lyran Commonwealth); Incukalns (Lyran Commonwealth); Smolnik (Lyran Commonwealth); Horneburg (Lyran Commonwealth); Westerstede (Lyran Commonwealth); New Kyoto (Lyran Commonwealth); Algorab (Lyran Commonwealth); Zaniah (Lyran Commonwealth); Solaris VII (Lyran Commonwealth); Phecda (Republic of the Sphere); Zosma (Republic of the Sphere); Sudeten (Jade Falcon Occupation Zone)
- Important events
- Operation Hammerfall
- First words
- Devlin Stone's Republic was supposed to be humanity's last, best hope to free itself from the scourge of never ending warfare.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And then he plunged into the storm, leaving nothing behind but a bunch of cheerful, yellow daffodils scattered across the rain-slicked cobblestones of a lonely alley.
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.6
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