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Mechwarrior: Dark Age #26: A Rending of Falcons: A Battletech Novel (Mechwarrior: Dark Age)

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This book started slow but had lots of entertaining action through out. Victor Milan did a good job showing the Crusader Clan way of life and politics. He also made the main character Malvina Hazen even more evil from past Jade Falcon books. I don't care for the Shrike mech that Malvina Hazen pilots (I think it's a horrible Dark Age design compared to the superior Turkina mech). I hope they kill her off next Jade Falcon book in favor of someone more stable. I liked that he included Hells Horses and sharing about there ways. I also like the hint at what's to come in the next books.

This give a great deal of insight into what is occuring in the Falcon Domain, as well as some hints as to the Clan Homeworlds, and the Lyran, Wolf actions.

I've never really been a fan of the Jade Falcon sub-line of Battletech/Mechwarrior novels, and this book is no different. Once again the book focuses on Malvina Hazen, who by most counts qualifies as a villain (as opposed to an anti-hero), as she works to destroy all life in the Inner Sphere. As she grows stronger, her enemies grow dumber, and so she wins time after time.

The parts of the book I liked the most were when they touched upon other events in the Inner Sphere, especially with House Steiner and the Wolves. But they were few and far between.