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Battletech 14: D. R. T.

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

hardly what I would consider a great read. While the author's plotting and characterization have vastly improved, and the hither and thither storyline is reduced essentially to a single story arc, the actual events in the story are extremely atypical per what one would expect in the Battletech universe.

The Black Thorns, having won their battle with Clan defenders in Main Event, are contracted by the Draconis Combine to fight more Clan warriors. This time they are to be sent behind Clan lines on a raid against a soon-to-be-completed factory.

There is an overriding storyline with the protagonist and his relationship to the DropShip captain. However, this is presented mostly as a back-of-the-mind concern, having little effect on the character himself. Rather than being changed by the circumstances, he pretty much proceeds as usual, showing him to be a flat character in my opinion.

The battle follows pretty standard lines, with the Black Thorns being outnumbered and outclassed, but faring well due to their training and the relatively low caliber of their opposition. The climactic battle in the story is pretty anticlimactic in its resolution. I was disappointed in it, as it hinged more upon trickery than skill.

Overall, an OK book, not the worst in the BT series, but far from the best. It was an improvement over Main Event, but the lack of a third novel leaves us all hanging as to the fate of the unit.

For those of you who read and are familiar with the Battletech Universe may want to think twice before getting this one. The plot is decent, but suffers from a lack of connection. It has little relevance to the overall Battletech picture. Characters are not well developed; and there is a type of "sing-song" quality to the pregression. It's predigested candy for a true Battletech reader.

This is the third book that I own.Rose reminded me of a long lost friend.[she not him]This book is a great book, but not what I call a must read.If you are into the RPG side of battletech then I would say that this a must read.A great storyline to follow.

This book is a bad joke by an author who seems to suffer from Monty Haul symptoms. He does have some writing skills (hence two stars) but his grip on universe realism is appaling. Omnimechs maintained by mechwarriors with the skills of astechs? Asinine plans by washed up Nova Cats to stealthily strike at the Combine capital? And of course the infamous getaway with two companies worth of Omnimechs. Whoopie... And to top it all off he just has to write the main characters as touchy feely types who feel so bad about all this fighting. Oh the humanity!

Battletech purists will likely find this series to be lacking as it falls short in terms of political intrigue and technical precision. That said, it is a good read with a decent storyline and interesting characters. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase future installments.

This book is one of many books in the battle tech universe. Make shure that you read the book before this Main Event. This book starts out as the the black roses find a contract on wolcott, a planet that the smoke jaguars could not capture and forced not to invade. So the D.C. desides tho hire small units like the thorns to make life a lot more fun for the kitty cats. This book is action packed and full of twists that no one would suspect.

This book has everything that makes Battletech great. We learn more about Jerimiah Rose and his past. We get great battles where main characters get injured and even killed. Nothing about the book is certain until the very end and even then it leaves you wanting more. Only Stackpole writes Battletech better.

Jeremiah Rose, raised by mercenaries, educated by warrior-mystics, tempered in the gladiatorial arenas of Solaris, at last hits full stride in this sophomore entry in his series. With his new lady love and his hand-picked "Black Thorns" soldiers of fortune, D.R.T. is a grand space opera. Look, if you want Heinlein, you shouldn't be reading Battletech, but if you're looking for epic battles and big giant mechs knocking the gears out of one another, you can do a lot worse than this book,

this has got to be the one of the best battletech novels I've ever read. Alot of battles but not too many. Hats off to the author

this book is just so bad... only a few other BattleTech books can be worse. the nova cats in the story seem more like nova rats than anything else. it gives such a bad impression of the nova cats if not the clans as a whole. and a mere company sized mercenaries actually owning 4 omnimechs? totally unbelivable. it make you think that omnimechs are bought over ebay or the nearest kmart.

seriously, if 'mechs, let alone omnimechs, are so easily salvagable, every unit in the inner sphere would be fielding omnis 'salvaged' from the clans. and they by the way have salvaged more omnimechs then they have salvaged their equipment. how belivable is that? it should be the other way round instead as in the case of the avanti's angels. but i guess the writer just like the idea...

black thorns are like avanti's angles wannabes. and that circle of equals is so sickeningly dishonorable, speaks so much about the black thorns. the characters are also so flat that seriously makes you wonder who they are after you put down the book.

and just one slight point, refering to jeremiah rose in the book as just rose seriously give me a problem of wondering if rose is actually a female. well, it does not matter since the characters are so flat anyway.