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Battletech 47: Illusions of Victory

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4 star:		(5)
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This was a very entertaining book. Though it makes no massive changes to the Battletech universe, sometimes it is better to see small scale combat over a larger one. And you can even construe this combat to the larger scale because Solaris IS the Inner Sphere in miniature. Great combat scenes, interesting characters, and good writing all combine to make this book a winner. A far better novel than Dagger Point. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars is some technical errors and editing problems.

Being a great fan of the BattleTech Universe, I was hoping for a book that would grip my imagination enough to prevent me from putting it down. This book does just that. Coleman doesn't simply slap the storyline and facts down for you to plough through, he actually molds the plot and the characters throughout the book. This gives it a whole and rounded feeling. There was only one problem - it was over too quickly! I could have read another 500 pages, but they just weren't there. Bigger book next time, LC?

Imagine a planet where 'Mechanized combat is a mere game, where instead of fighting wars, warriors fight personal battles for personal glory.

Welcome to Solaris VII.

When Michael Searcy was on a steady rise to the top of Solaris VII as the Grand Champion, the stadium he fought in "failed", and the shielding equipment broker down. Brawls broke out outside, claiming it was eithe rhte dAvionists or the Lyran loyalists faults. 'Mechs went on to carrying out grudges in the middle of common-place streets. War has taken over Solaris. Michael is set to change that.

Excellent writing by Loren Coleman, a pleasant change from the Capellan stories recently to the FedCom civil war. Buy this, its important for the BTech timeline coming up!

I guess I am a little partial to rating this book high due to the fact that I am a big fan of the Solaris Games and all the politics that take place on Solaris VII. This book fueled my idea for a Campaign which turned out to be fantastic.

Finally a break from the Capellan storyline! Good characters with lots of action including some of the best small scale battle scenes I have read in the Battletech series. Loren Coleman does an excellent job of bringing Solaris VII to life, (which was a very pleaseant surprise after being dissapointed in his last couple novels). The main plot and subplots tie togther nicely with all of the intrigue that makes the good Battletech novels stand out above the average ones.

Micheal Seaecy champion of Solois VII the game world is in the middle of his civil war. Solovis VII is a microcosomim of the civil war.

It's been a while since I picked up a BT novel, and now I have I can't put it back down. Set on Solaris you get to see the big conflict being played out in the universe on a much smaller scale... Davionist fighting Steiners, Free Worlders fighting Caps and disgruntled ex-clanners fighting anyone who stands in their crosshairs. An excellent read, and a great place to jump back into the BT universe.

This is a gladiator arena like no other. On solris 7 the games are here. this is the first real solris 7 book and it rocks. But the mechs in this book go outa the arena and on the streets cause theres a war goin around in the gaming world between the fed comm supporters and the lyrans. the battles are great, no time to breath through the whole book. this is an awsome book with mech to mech action like no other. i recomend this book to all.

I though noone could get me to see the planet of Solaris 7 from the arena fighters point of view, but Loren Coleman did just that. This is a killer book and one that is a must read.

Loren Coleman's done some nice work with the Capellan Confederation (personally, I like her approach to Sun Tzu, and how Sun Tzu sees himself while the entire rest of the storyline sees him as a power mad dictator). Still, this one is critical for setting up the Steiner-Davion conflict. The writing is okay, and the press treatment is nice. The only other Solaris book I read was Main Event, and this one does a better job with cheapening human life. Still, the bit with Katherine (I'm not calling her Katrina) and her aunt makes me wish for the sane rulers, (Victor and Teddy). Really good setup for the next few novels, but, as typical with Battletech, Davion seems to triumph in the end.