Humble Bundle BattleTech Legends
May 02 2023
BattleTech Legends bundle is 60 novels for $18 and comprises almost all novels published before they did the jump forward to MechWarrior: Dark Age novels. Three novels are not included:
The Sword and the Dagger (Ardath Mayhar) - One of the first novels and I think reprinted once though it took a long time (I recall because it took me years to find a used copy and then a year later there was news of a reprint). Light on Mech combat and more about politics and machinations. Kind of ignorable though the events are referenced later by Prince Davion as one of the reasons why he started the Fourth Succession War.
Far Country (Peter L Rice) - Almost alt-universe novel. A jumpship misjumps far enough away that they'll never get back to the Inner Sphere and to a world with the only non-human intelligent species (kind of dinosaur raptors IIRC) in the BattleTech universe. (The Sword and the Dagger also has a non-human sentients briefly but I had totally forgotten that). Understandable why this one is omitted from the bundle.
Star Lord (Donald G Phillips) - Not sure why this one is not included.
I bought the bundle since I don't have any of these books in electronic format.
The Sword and the Dagger (Ardath Mayhar) - One of the first novels and I think reprinted once though it took a long time (I recall because it took me years to find a used copy and then a year later there was news of a reprint). Light on Mech combat and more about politics and machinations. Kind of ignorable though the events are referenced later by Prince Davion as one of the reasons why he started the Fourth Succession War.
Far Country (Peter L Rice) - Almost alt-universe novel. A jumpship misjumps far enough away that they'll never get back to the Inner Sphere and to a world with the only non-human intelligent species (kind of dinosaur raptors IIRC) in the BattleTech universe. (The Sword and the Dagger also has a non-human sentients briefly but I had totally forgotten that). Understandable why this one is omitted from the bundle.
Star Lord (Donald G Phillips) - Not sure why this one is not included.
I bought the bundle since I don't have any of these books in electronic format.