To Ride the Chimera: A Battletech Novel (Mechwarrior: Dark Age, No. 30) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kevin Killiany (Author)

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Publication Date: February 5, 2008

THE EPIC SCI-FI ACTION SAGA CONTINUES

A MechWarrior without peer, Thaddeus Marik has become the figurehead for a new community of worlds attempting to resurrect the Free Worlds League. After defeating a Lyran invasion on the planet of Savannah and negotiating a successful alliance with the Protectorate Coalition, Marik must now ally himself with Jessica Halas-Hughes Marik if the new league is to have a chance.

Having Marik and his forces at her side gives Jessica much-needed credibility and greater influence on Oriente. But old hatreds die hard, erupting in a war against enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy the founding of a new league...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Roc (February 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451461940
• ISBN-13: 978-0451461940
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,002,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Politics and (shockingly!) Betrayal in the Free Worlds League, Part IV, March 7, 2008

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This review is from: To Ride the Chimera: A Battletech Novel (Mechwarrior: Dark Age, No. 30) (Mass Market Paperback)

In _To Ride the Chimera_ completes the four-novel story of the re-creation of the Free Worlds League. This has been an interesting storyline, if for no other reason than the fact that the Battletech Universe has left the FWL comparatively alone since he beginning; and more surprisingly, I found myself actually *caring* by the end of it. Given that the FWL is probably the state most like the USA in the BT world, I find it interesting that it took so long to really delve into it.

It's not a perfect book; the politics are interesting and somewhat compelling (to a regular reader), but their execution seems somewhat flat and peremptory compared to the last major political chapter in the series (Pandora's Gambit). But the 'Mech battles are well-executed and novel, and the characters human, for the most part.

As a side bonus, the actions in _Surrender Your Dreams_ are referred to again in this book. But I suppose I need to make room in every review for that one...