Close Quarters
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Close Quarters | |
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Product information | |
Type | Novel |
Author | Victor Milán |
Pages | 390 |
Cover Artwork | Boris Vallejo |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Roc Books |
First published | 1 September 1994 |
ISBN-10 | 0451453786 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0451453785 |
Content | |
Era | Clan Invasion era |
Timeline | 3056 |
Series | Camacho's Caballeros trilogy |
Followed by | Hearts of Chaos |
Close Quarters, by Victor Milán, is the first of trilogy of novels chronicling the adventures of Camacho's Caballeros.
Contents
From the back cover[edit]
“ | Resourceful, ruthless, beautiful, apparently without fear, Scout Lieutenant Cassie Suthorn of Camacho's Caballeros is as consummately lethal as the giant BattleMechs she lives to hunt. Only one other person in the freewheeling mercenary regiment has a hint of the demons which drive her. When the Caballeros sign on to guard Coordinator Theodore Kurita's corporate-mogul cousin in the heart of the Draconis Combine, they think they've got the perfect gig: low risk and high pay. Cassie alone suspects that danger waits among the looming bronze towers of Hachiman—and when the yakuza and the dread ISF form a devil's alliance to bring down Chandrasekhar Kurita, only Cassie's unique skills can save her regiment.
All she has to do is confront her darkest nightmares. |
” |
Summary[edit]
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Featured characters[edit]
- Colonel Carlos "Tiburón" Camacho
- Lieutenant Colonel Marisol "la Dama Muerta" Cabrera
- Lieutenant Colonel Gordon "Gordo" Baird
- Force Commander Gavilán "Falcon" Camacho
- Force Commander Rabbi Bar-Kochba
- Captain Kali "Lady K" MacDougall
- Captain James "Badlands" Powell
- Captain Father Doctor Roberto "Call Me Bob" García
- Captain Bobby "Bobby the Wolf" Begay
- Captain Diana "Diana" Vásquez
- Captain Patricia Camacho (mentioned)
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassie "Abtakha" Suthorn
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Billy "Cowboy" Payson
- Lieutenant Raven "Raven" O'Connor
- CEO Chandrasekhar Kurita
- Mirza Peter Abdulsattah
- Director Subhash Indrahar
- Ninyu Kerai Indrahar
- Earl Percival Fillington
- Marquis Redmond Hosoya
- Tai-sa Eleanor Shimazu
- Tai-i Buntaro Mayne
- Archie Westin
- Coordinator Theodore Kurita (mentioned)
- Force Commander Peter "Singer" White Nose Pony
- Captain John Amos "French Fry" Ames
- Captain Marshal "Astro Zombie" Harris
- Captain Angela "Vanity" Torres
- Captain Lee Morales
- Captain Juan Pedro "Don Coyote" O'Rourke
- Captain Santo
- Lieutenant Senior Grade Teresa "la Guadalupana" de Avila Chavez
- Lieutenant Senior Grade Buck "Sawbuck" Evans
- Lieutenant Senior Grade Annie "Avengin' Annie" Hurd
- Lieutenant Senior Grade James Kicking Bird
- Lieutenant Senior Grade Diana Vásquez
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Hector "Teco" Alvarez
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Nelson "Winger" Blackbird
- Lieutenant Junior Grade William "Deputy Dawg" Carson
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Earl Willie "Mountain Man" Carter
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Silas Garcia
- Lieutenant Junior Grade Alberto Jaramillo
- Lieutenant Macho Alvarado
- Lieutenant Leo "El Pipiribau" Archuleta
- Lieutenant Benito Delshay
- Lieutenant Janine "Mariposa" Esposito
- Lieutenant Chuy Montoya
- Lieutenant Lonny Ortega
- Lieutenant Rebel "Reb" Perez
- Lieutenant Mercedes "Misty" Saavedra
- Lieutenant Joey Sosa
- Lieutenant Marshal Waits
- Father Elfego Goldstein
- Doctor Sondra "La Curandera" Ten Bears
- Master Sergeant Richard "Zuma" Gallegos
- Chief Armorer Bogdan Michael "Stacks" Stachiewski
- Scooter Barnes
- Billy Huckaby
- Staff Sergeant Willard "Drygulch" Dix
- Private Absalom Sloat
- "Buffalo Soldier" Marcus
- Sammy Chato
- Jimmy Escobar
- Petie McTeague
- Yvonne Sanchez
- Lucy Aragón
- Metalhead
- Preetam Masakawa
- Eddie Katsumori
- Enrico "Emie" Katsuyama
- Peter Malloy
- Takura Migaki
- Milos Shimazu
- Kazuo Sumiyama
- Gupta Yoritomo
- Tai-I Roger Hanson
- Chu-I Sammy Ozawa
- Shig Hofstra
- Misty van Doom
- Mariska Savage
- Misha Auburn (mentioned)
Featured places[edit]
Featured BattleTech[edit]
BattleMechs[edit]
- Adder
- Archer
- Atlas
- Awesome
- Banshee
- BattleMaster
- Catapult
- Charger
- Crusader
- Executioner
- Grand Dragon
- Grasshopper
- Griffin
- Hatchetman
- Hermes II
- Hunchback
- Ice Ferret
- JagerMech
- Javelin
- Jenner
- Katana
- Kintaro
- Kit Fox
- Locust
- Mad Dog
- Marauder
- Mauler
- Orion
- Panther
- Phoenix Hawk
- Quickdraw
- Raven
- Rifleman
- Scorpion
- Shadow Hawk
- Stalker
- Stinger
- Timber Wolf
- Trebuchet
- UrbanMech
- Valkyrie
- Victor
- Wasp
- Warhammer
- Whitworth
- Wolverine
- Zeus
Aircraft[edit]
Personal weapons and equipment[edit]
- Shimatsu 42 Machine Pistol.
Foreign-Language Editions[edit]
German[edit]
A German edition, translated by Oliver Hoffmann, was published by Heyne in 1995 as Auge um Auge (ISBN 9783453079786).[1] The book had a second printing in 1996 with the same ISBN, title, page count, and price.[2] This was republished as an EPUB by Ulisses Spiele in 2017 as BattleTech Legenden 24 : Auge um Auge (ISBN 9783957526793).[3]
Russian[edit]
A Russian edition, translated by S. Berkov, was published by Армада (Armada) in 1996 as Рукопашный бой (ISBN 5763202627). [4][5]
Covers[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for first printing of Auge um Auge
- ↑ Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for second printing of Auge um Auge
- ↑ Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for BattleTech Legenden 24 : Auge um Auge
- ↑ Science Fiction Lab Book description for Рукопашный бой
- ↑ National Library of Russia description for Рукопашный бой