Warrior! En Garde (Warrior Trilogy) [Paperback]

Michael A. Stackpole (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warrior Trilogy | Publication Date: August 1988

The heir apparent of the Lyran Common-wealth has been kidnapped, just when her secret betrothal to Prince Hanse Davion of the Federated Suns would cement the most powerful alliance in the Inner Sphere. Meanwhile, as two half brothers find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Inner Sphere's endless battles...one uncovers a fiendish plot against the heir and undertakes to ensure her safety--and along with it, the safety of the entire Inner Sphere!


* 2.6 million Roc/FASA books in print!
* The BattleTech series has over 1.2 million copies in print!
* BattleTech books regularly appear on the Locus bestseller list
* MechWarrior 3: Mercenaries, released in April 1997, is the CD-ROM action game follow-up to the bestselling MechWarrior 2 from Activision
* Wizards of the Coast, creators of Magic: The Gathering, is producing a BattleTech trading card game, containing nearly 300 pieces of original art!
* Cross-promoted in board games and role-playing games
* Michael A. Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of the Star Wars X-Wing: Rogue Squadron series!
* Cover art by Roger Loveless

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Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Contemporary Books; First Thus edition (August 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555600468
• ISBN-13: 978-1555600464
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,977,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael A. Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of over 40 novels, including I, Jedi and Rogue Squadron. He's won awards in the realms of podcasting, game designer, computer game design, screenwriting, editing, graphic novel writing and novel writing. He lives in Arizona and frequently travels the United States attending conventions and teaching writing workshops. His website is www.stormwolf.com

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Base of All to Come, February 26, 2000

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Chris Greer (Victoria, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warrior: En Garde (BattleTech, No. 37) (Paperback)

While many consider Warrior: En Garde to not be Stackpole's finest liteary accomplishment, the entire Warrior trillogy gives a basis of what is to come in the future of the BattleTech Universe. And the Warrior trillogy starts here, with Warrior: En Garde. The Warrior Trillogy books were my first forray into the BattleTech Universe of fiction, and after finishing those went directly to the Blood of Kerensky books. I, like many BattleTech readers, consider Stackpole's books to be less fiction and more history in the BattleTech universe. Stackpole's ability to carry on multiple stories accross space and time, yet keeping them all interwoven is a litery skill he has indeed mastered, yet keeps the scenes breveft and intense. Each of the books in the trillogy, especially Warrior: En Garde could have been extended to more than three books in itself, but its elegance in simplicity is one of its greatest qualities. If you have not read this book, and the rest of the Warrior Trillogy, you are misssing out on three of the greatest BattleTech novels ever written and a good history lesson behind all the future events in the Inner Sphere.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Universe, September 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Warrior: En Garde (BattleTech, No. 37) (Paperback)

Battletech has my vote for one of the most interesting sf universes ever created -- it ranks up there with Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Mike Resnick's Birthright universes as the most complex, well-thought through, and exciting fictional settings/timelines. And this trilogy is what started it all (well, unless you can find "The Sword and the Dagger" somewhere).

Mike Stackpole's books are the best ones in this series -- I recommend all of them -- but start here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intro. to Sci. Fi., April 10, 2000

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Mad_Cat (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warrior: En Garde (BattleTech, No. 37) (Paperback)

This was the first BattleTech book I read and it changed my thoughts of the series. My ideas of battletech were that it couldn't hold a candle to Star Wars so why bother reading it? After reading this book I swiftly snatched up all the BattleTech books in my town. This was a great book.