In Die Pflicht genommen

BattleTech Universe #57

by Blaine Lee Pardoe, Reinhold H. Mai (Übersetzer)

Der Planet Odessa wird zum Schauplatz eines unerbittlichen Kampfes zweier Männer: Auf der einen Seite steht der Herrscher von Odessa, Graf Nicholas Fisk, der entschlossen ist, jegliche Rebellion gegen die Archon-Prinzessin Katrina Steiner-Davion im Keim zu ersticken. Auf der anderen Seite Lieutenant General Archer Christifori, der mit seinem Regiment Prinz Victor Steiner-Davion und dessen Kampf gegen Katrina unterstützt. Obwohl er weiß, dass Odessa eine Falle ist, fliegt er das System an - denn die Aussicht, die Bevölkerung des Planeten für die Sache des Prinzen zu gewinnen, ist zu verlockend...

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Ebooks

314 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Blaine Pardoe is a New York Times Bestselling and award winning author of numerous books in the science fiction, military non-fiction, true crime, paranormal, and business management genre's. He has appeared on a number of national television and radio shows to speak about his books. Pardoe has been a featured speaker at the US National Archives, the United States Navy Museum, and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. He was awarded the State History Award in 2011 by the Historical Society of Michigan and is a silver medal winner from the Military Writers Society of America in 2010. In 2013 he was awarded the Harritt Quimby Award as part of the induction ceremony at the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame. Mr. Pardoe is also a member of the League of WWI Aviation Historians.

His books have even been mentioned on the floor of the U.S. Congress. His works have been printed in six languages and he is recognized world-wide for his historical and fiction works. He can be followed via Twitter (bpardoe870)

Reviews

[Brian Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of big stompy robot action, as the civil war continues

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revisiting our little forces from Thorin made for an interesting little adventure that initially sounded boring but naturally blew up into something worth a book. Sure, the initial premise that kicks things off is a little far-fetched, but stranger things have happened in actual wars where it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusion. And when that conclusion means having people fighting one another in order to get to the bottom of things does result in less than ideal circumstances for proper dialog.

At this point, Blaine Lee Pardoe is clearly comfortable with depicting different battle sequences and he has a lot of great action here. He excels at bringing individual skirmishes and battles to live but doesn't really get to paint a clearer picture of the larger strategy at play just yet. This book also really dove into the nuances of the roles of spies in the Inner Sphere combat beyond assassinations depicted in single chapters of other BattleTech books.

The ending was inevitable and I kind of wish it had happened sooner, but it happened when it happened, so there's that.

[Daniel Choo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Recommended

The very first novel I’ve ever read. Enjoyed it immensely. Features the Penetrator—main protagonist’s mech. As well as the Highlander, Masakari, Spartan & Axman (in case anyone is wondering if their favourite mechs were covered).

[J Murdock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic Battletech at it's best

Properly done and fitting the long story. Classic Battletech that invites new readers as well as he trans to keep the faith unlike the new "useless woke" authors.

[Yahya Dhukai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Good

[Jackloco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disliked how the conflict started, because they know they are walking into a trap. The rest of the book and character development and misjudgments are good.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read! It was a little wordy in some spots, but, overall, a great book.

[Clive · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book again from Blaine, following the FedCom civil war with Archer's Avengers (A2).