Storms of Fate (Battletech, No. 54) [Mass Market Paperback]

Loren Coleman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2002

As the civil war within the Federated Commonwealth rages on, someone plans a strike that could put it all to an end.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451458761
• ISBN-13: 978-0451458766
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #656,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Storms of Fate, April 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Storms of Fate (Battletech, No. 54) (Mass Market Paperback)

Overall a good book but I am becoming frustrated with the slow pace of the storyline and the lack of supporting characters. The Battletech universe had such a wide variety of interesting characters that are not being used at all in this civil war storyline. Kai Allard-Liao, Wolf's Dragoons, the Kell Hounds, Phelan Kell, all the clans and many others seem to have no role in this civil war. The Clans must have some interest in the war, Phalen Kell was such a large part of the Clan wars and now he is just sitting around and Kai is going to sit by and wait to see what happens??? My frustration is more with the story line and less with the writing, which is very good and has a nice mix of battle and politics.

P.S. The foreword of the book made it seem like the Battletech line was being sold to a new company b/c FASA was closing. It also seem to say that novels were going to end b/c of this sale. I would certainly hope that the novels are not ending and that someone continues to write more in this series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, but lacks a Stackpole feeling, April 16, 2002

By 

Ben Williams (Dale City, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Storms of Fate (Battletech, No. 54) (Mass Market Paperback)

Once again, I am disappointed with the shallow depth of the "progression" of the battletech story line. Coleman is a very capable writer, but the complete lack of main characters is ridiculous. Kai, Phelan, the Clans. Look, I know the Clans were beat up, but there is no way that they would stand by while a civil war continues. A must read for battletech fans, however, big storyline developements. Good battles.

*As a note to the guy from Ohio above, the Battletech license was sold to a company called WizKidz, and a new era of battletech has been created. Mike Stackpole has signed on to write a book in fall/winter of this year.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coleman is at his best, May 30, 2002

By 

Eric Fischer (Temperance, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Storms of Fate (Battletech, No. 54) (Mass Market Paperback)

Well, since I have been reading/playing battletech for years now, I imagine I have some seniority on the matter. This book, while still the same civil war does much to keep it from tiring. In this novel specifically, we loose a charecter, see a charecter at their worst, and see an old charecter come back from the grave, such as it were. If you are not already an avid fan/reader of the Battletech series, this may not be a spectacular place to start, but as long as you have read one or two books in the series and know the politics and such in general, this is a spectacular book. It brings the current story closer to a close (which any good reader knows won't stay closed), and opens up new possibilites with the election of a "fair" Star Leauge ruler and the addition of two new member states to the leauge. Nobody does them like Coleman.