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Malicious Intent (Battletech)

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Great book, full of action and huge amounts of background data (which is one of the reasons I love Battletech).
Fans of the older books though will start to notice that this is where the characters start to change drasticaly.
Victor Davion starts entering his 'wimpy' stage and Kai starts to become this ruthless cold killer (which is a total switch on the two characters).
Still, the two of them are not as bad yet as they eventualy become, so it's not too bad.
Buy this book, good stuff.

Stu.

If you're a MechWarrior fan and you only buy one Battletech novel, this is the one to get. It's not only a captivating story by a great author, but it effectively bridges the gap between the Refusal War (i.e. classic MechWarrior 2) and the Inner Sphere counterstrike against the Clans (the events of MechWarrior 3), and it also well foreshadows the Steiner-Davion civil war (the background of MechWarrior 4). If you're interested in MechWarrior backstory, this gives you a good look at the major players in the latter two installments of the series and explains how certain key story elements came about. And it's a riveting read in its own right.

This was a great book. But I think that it was Stackpole's worst. Now, I am Vladimir Ward fan, so naturally this book was great, until all of a sudden Vlad and Clan side of the novel just finished without warning. Though the rest of the novel was brillinat I don't think Stackpole should have just dropped Vlad. I mean he was the centre of attension at the beginning (he got the first chapter), but half through the book it was like Stackpole got bored and decided to continue Victor's and Doc's side of the story. Another problem in the novel was kai. It was like some else wrote him. He didn't have the same attitude as he did in other novels. He was sort of distant and cold in this. Still great novel and worth the money.

I am an avid B-tech fan and have been reading this series for over ten years. This book is by far one of the best I have read. Vlad's literal rising from the ashes was very captivating. Also the political intriuge that accompanied it kept you guessing. I felt that Vlad really developed as a character as well as a leader that the Wolf Clan needs to bring them back to thier former strength. As for Victor Davion ,while I am a fan of his, I was glad that the spotlight was not squarly foucused on his exploits. He is still shown to be a great leader, but his role here was secondary to the other players.

This is one of the better battletech books that I have read.It is one of those books that once you start reading you can not stop. It grabs the reader in a choke-hold and does not let up. No weak story line here.

This is simply the most well written book from Michael A. Stackpole. The story intrigues you from the begining to the end. You gotta read this one!

This book is a great story about Star Commander Vladamir Ward who eventually becomes a new Khan of his own Clan Jade-Wolf. A really good book!

This book gives you the current situation between in the inner sphere of 3058. It shows how clan infighting has decimated the warring clans, and how they plan to regain there honer

This one kept me going, for a book of its size I read it fast. The book was too interesting to put down.

This is a must read for any battletech or mechwarrior game fan. Without question a must read.