List of BattleTech Print Novels and Anthologies

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More than seventy full-length BattleTech or MechWarrior novels have been published (originally by FASA, currently by ROC) and translated into at least fifteen languages. The last FASA novel was Loren L. Coleman's Endgame in 2002, which wrapped up plotlines and character arcs dating back to the original novels beginning in 1986. The novels then jumped ahead chronologically to accompany MechWarrior: Dark Age, with Michael Stackpole's Ghost War.


Classic BattleTech Novels

Decision at Thunder Rift

Book One of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. Grayson Death Carlyle is the young son of the commander of Carlyle's Commandos, a mercenary unit employed by the Lyran Commonwealth. When the Commandos are destroyed in a sneak attack on the planet Trell I, Grayson must help the people of Trell throw off the invading forces while trying to live up to his father's legacy.

The Sword and the Dagger

  • Author: Ardath Mayhar
  • Publication Date: (04/1987)
  • ISBN 0-931787-77-7

Ardan Sortek stumbles upon a plot to replace Hanse Davion, First Prince of the Federated Suns, with a clever double under the control of Maximilian Liao, Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation and sworn enemy of the Davion family.

Mercenary's Star

Book Two of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. The fledgling Gray Death Legion, formed in the fighting on Trell I, takes on their first assignment: train the inhabitants of Verthandi to fight their Draconis Combine overlords. But what starts as just a job for Grayson Carlyle and his unit soon becomes personal.

The Price of Glory

Book Three of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. Grayson Death Carlyle has gone from being the young son of a mercenary commander to the leader of his very own unit in just a few short years. Now under contract to the Free Worlds League, the Gray Death Legion falls prey to political machinations and secret agreements between ambitious men and stands accused of a horrific crime. In a race against time, they must find a way off the planet Helm before they are utterly destroyed.

Warrior: En Garde

27 Nov 3026-10 Jun 3027 Book One of the Warrior Trilogy. Justin Xiang Allard is exiled from the Federated Suns and makes his way to Solaris VII, the Gaming World, where he catches the eye of agents from the Capellan Confederation. With his former life in ruins, Justin pledges himself to the Capellan Chancellor. Meanwhile, someone has kidnapped Melissa Steiner, heir to the throne of the Lyran Commonwealth and bethrothed of Hanse Davion, First Prince of the Federated Suns. Daniel Allard and the Kell Hounds mercenary unit must face a foe from their past to rescue her.

Warrior: Riposte

10 Oct 3027-02 Feb 3029. Book Two of the Warrior Trilogy. The wedding of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner is fast approaching and tensions are rising throughout the Inner Sphere. Morgan Kell, co-founder of the Kell Hounds mercenary unit, is recalled from his self-imposed exile to take up command once more as the Hounds gear up for war. At the climax of the wedding ceremony on Terra, attended by dignitaries from across human space, Hanse Davion declares war on the Capellan Confederation. The Fourth Succession War begins.

Wolves on the Border

Wolf's Dragoons is one of the most feared and respected mercenary units in the entire Inner Sphere. Currently under contract to the Draconis Combine, they become the target of a plot by an ambitious and devious Warlord to gain their services permanently. Their liaison with the Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara, is an honest man and a friend to the Dragoons' leader, Colonel Jaime Wolf, and is caught between duty and friendship as war looms.

Warrior: Coupé

03 Mar 3029-15 Dec 3029. Book Three of the Warrior Trilogy. As the Fourth Succession War continues, Morgan Kell and his Kell Hounds race towards a final showdown with Yorinaga Kurita. Justin Xiang Allard, now a high-ranking member of Capellan intelligence, tries to hold back the invading Davion forces but is hampered at every turn. And to make matters worse, he may have a spy within his office!

Heir to the Dragon

Honor and respect towards ones elders is an important part of the Japanese-influenced culture of the Draconis Combine. Theodore Kurita, only son of the reigning Coordinator, has grandiose ideas about the future of his nation but he is hindered by his father's conservative nature and fear of change. During the chaos of the Fourth Succession War and the War of 3039, Theodore not only must survive on the battlefield, he must also navigate the treacherous waters of the Combine court. Can father and son reconcile for the good of their people?

Lethal Heritage

Book One of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. A new generation of characters makes its debut in this series. Victor Steiner-Davion, heir to the throne of the Federated Commonwealth, is fresh from the academy and posted to the back end of nowhere. Kai Allard-Liao, son of the great Justin Xiang Allard and Candace Liao, fears he can never live up to the tremendous legacy of his parents. Shin Yodama is a yakuza soldier in the army of the Draconis Combine, assigned to safeguard the grandson of Coordinator Takashi Kurita. Phelan Kell has followed in his father Morgan's footsteps and serves in the mercenary Kell Hounds. All four of these young men must face dangers both internal and external when a mysterious invader from beyond the Periphery threatens everything they know and love.

Blood Legacy

Book Two of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. The Clans have been stopped temporarily through the sacrifice of a young pilot. Jaime Wolf, commander of the mysterious and elite Wolf's Dragoons mercenary unit, takes the opportunity to reveal the origin of this new menace: they are the descendants of the Star League Defense Force, which left the Inner Sphere over two hundred years ago after the collapse of the League. The Dragoons, themselves former Clanners, intend to train the heirs of the Successor States to fight and defeat the Clans, if old prejudices and hatreds don't tear the Inner Sphere apart first. The first real test of this new-found sense of cooperation is the defense of Luthien, capital world of the Draconis Combine. But just what is the ultimate objective of the Clans?

Lost Destiny

Book Three of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. The man once known as Phelan Kell has risen through the ranks in Clan Wolf and now stands to win a coveted Bloodname, the highest honor the Clans can bestow. Kai Allard-Liao is missing and presumed dead in the wake of a Clan Jade Falcon attack. Victor Steiner-Davion must mount a rescue of a man who once would have been considered his mortal enemy: Hohiro Kurita. And behind it all, ComStar lurks, ready to betray their Clan allies for the chance to fulfill their destiny as the saviors of humanity.

Way of the Clans

Book One of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy. Cadet Aidan of Clan Jade Falcon dreams of one day being a Warrior and contributing his genetic material to his Clan's breeding program. But first he has to make it out of the sibko, not an easy task when he has to compete against his fellow cadets and endure the scorn of Falconer Joanna.

Bloodname

Book Two of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy. Aidan is a Warrior, though his path to this role was not one he ever would have imagined. Masquerading as a freeborn named Jorge, he has to hide his true self for fear of his Clan's reaction. When an opportunity to prove his value comes, Aidan leaps to take advantage of the glory he wins and claim his rightful place among the trueborn Warriors of Clan Jade Falcon.

Falcon Guard

Book Three of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy. Star Colonel Aidan Pryde has achieved many of the dreams he once had for himself. But the path he took to reach his goals has made him a pariah within the ranks of Clan Jade Falcon, begrudgingly accepted because of the need for as many Warriors as possible to feed the progress of the Clans' invasion of the Inner Sphere. When ComStar challenges the Clans to one final decisive battle on the planet Tukayyid, Aidan gets one last shot at redemption.

Wolf Pack

Wolf's Dragoons have seen and done it all. With their true identity and purpose revealed during the Clan Invasion, they have begun to rebuild both their reputation and their forces. However, an overly-ambitious former Clanner and the insecure scion of Jaime Wolf's own family threaten to undo everything the Dragoons have achieved in their half-century as mercenaries. Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons must decide once and for all if they belong to the Clans or the Inner Sphere... or perhaps are something different from either.

Natural Selection

Raiders equipped with Clan weaponry are hitting worlds along the Clan Occupation Zone/Federated Commonwealth border. Archon-Prince Designate Victor Steiner-Davion and Khan Phelan Ward of Clan Wolf agree to jointly defeat the raiders despite their differences. Melissa Steiner is assassinated by a bomb blast, adding to the tension of the raids.

Decision at Thunder Rift (Reprint)

Book One of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. Grayson Death Carlyle is the young son of the commander of Carlyle's Commandos, a mercenary unit employed by the Lyran Commonwealth. When the Commandos are destroyed in a sneak attack on the planet Trell I, Grayson must help the people of Trell throw off the invading forces while trying to live up to his father's legacy.

Mercenary's Star (Reprint)

Book Two of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. The fledgling Gray Death Legion, formed in the fighting on Trell I, takes on their first assignment: train the inhabitants of Verthandi to fight their Draconis Combine overlords. But what starts as just a job for Grayson Carlyle and his unit soon becomes personal.

The Price of Glory (Reprint)

Book Three of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. Grayson Death Carlyle has gone from being the young son of a mercenary commander to the leader of his very own unit in just a few short years. Now under contract to the Free Worlds League, the Gray Death Legion falls prey to political machinations and secret agreements between ambitious men and stands accused of a horrific crime. In a race against time, they must find a way off the planet Helm before they are utterly destroyed.

Ideal War

Paul Masters is a MechWarrior of House Marik, closely associated with Captain-General Thomas Marik. When Thomas gives him a copy of Le Morte d'Arthur, he becomes part of the newly-formed Knights of the Inner Sphere. He is then dispatched to Gibson, where he falls into a political trap between the noble ruler, the rebellious locals, and the Word of Blake, all fighting a Vietnam-like counter insurgency, complete with body counts. The mounting fighting brings in Captain-General Marik, leading him to invade and settle the argument. The rebels bring in nuclear weapons at the climax and Masters is installed as the noble ruler.

Main Event

  • Author: James D. Long
  • Publication Date: (05/1993)
  • ISBN 0-451-45245-3

The Black Thorns, a newly minted mercenary company, accepts a garrison contract on the backwater world of Borghese after brutal fighting on the world of Galatea. What seems like a normal tour of duty is punctuated by political infighting and a Clan invasion. Will their charismatic leader lead them to victory against the Clans, or will he lose his command again?

Blood of Heroes

After an historic exhibition match between Death Carlyle and Jaime Wolf, an assassination attempt almost takes the lives of the Gray Death command. Soon after, an enemy invasion force lands on their hold, and Alexander Caryle, the son of Lori Kalmar and Grayson Death Carlyle, must go into battle to save his homeworld. However, once the dust settles, there's an indication that this conflict may be a symptom of something larger in the Lyran Alliance.

Far Country

  • Author: Peter Rice
  • Publication Date: (10/1993)
  • ISBN 0-451-45291-7

A DEST (Draconis Elite Strike Team) group, accompanied by a small mercenary group, make a misjump from Kurita space and land on a planet inhabited by 500-year-old colonists and a mysterious alien lifeform. Amidst their battles to survive and return to the Inner Sphere, they form a bond with the highly intelligent birds who see them as the fulfillment of their own prophecy.

Assumption of Risk

Kai Allard-Liao has returned to the world that made his father famous, the gaming planet of Solaris VII. But being the Gaming World's Champion is the least of his worries as conflicts abound, from the arrival of a former lover to the assassination plot of a political leader.

D.R.T.

  • Author: James D. Long
  • Publication Date: (05/1994)
  • ISBN 0-451-45366-2

The Black Thorns, fresh from their victory at Borghese (but lacking funds) take a high-profile contract on the world of Wolcott, a Draconis Combine world deep within the holdings of Clan Nova Cat and Clan Smoke Jaguar. Prompted by their fiscal desperation, they take on a risky contract that will lead them deep into the Clans. Can they make it out alive, or will they be swallowed by a superior Clan force?

Close Quarters

First of the Camacho's Caballeros novels. Hired to provide protection for Chandrasekhar Kurita's business holdings on Hachiman, Camacho's Cablleros and Cassie Suthorn begin to feel out a plot to take down the high-ranking noble. When an alliance between his foes threatens Chandrasekhar's interests, Cassie and the Caballeros face a tough battle between their friends in the Ninth Ghost Regiment and Ninyu Kerai Indrahar, the spymaster manipulating the whole conflict.

I am Jade Falcon

Star Commander Joanna and Khan Natasha Kerensky face off on the planet Twycross during the Refusal War between the Jade Falcons and the Wolves. For Natasha Kerensky, it is an oppertunity to bog down the Falcons while elements of the Wolves flee to the Inner Sphere. For Joanna, it may be her last opportunity to die in battle before being transferred back to the Clan homeworlds.

Highlander Gambit

During the Fourth Succession War, the famed Northwind Highlanders were granted their homeworld by the Federated Suns in return for breaking ties with their employer, the Capellan Confederation. Now thirty years later, an elite Death Commando and descendant of a Highlander is ordered by his ruler to sacrifice everything he is and everything he has to destroy the bonds between the Federated Commonwealth and the Highlanders, even if it means the Highlanders' destruction.

Tactics of Duty

A Gray Death Legion novel.

Lethal Heritage (Reprint)

Book One of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. A new generation of characters makes its debut in this series. Victor Steiner-Davion, heir to the throne of the Federated Commonwealth, is fresh from the academy and posted to the back end of nowhere. Kai Allard-Liao, son of the great Justin Xiang Allard and Candace Liao, fears he can never live up to the tremendous legacy of his parents. Shin Yodama is a yakuza soldier in the army of the Draconis Combine, assigned to safeguard the grandson of Coordinator Takashi Kurita. Phelan Kell has followed in his father Morgan's footsteps and serves in the mercenary Kell Hounds. All four of these young men must face dangers both internal and external when a mysterious invader from beyond the Periphery threatens everything they know and love.

Blood Legacy (Reprint)

Book Two of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. The Clans have been stopped temporarily through the sacrifice of a young pilot. Jaime Wolf, commander of the mysterious and elite Wolf's Dragoons mercenary unit, takes the opportunity to reveal the origin of this new menace: they are the descendants of the Star League Defense Force, which left the Inner Sphere over two hundred years ago after the collapse of the League. The Dragoons, themselves former Clanners, intend to train the heirs of the Successor States to fight and defeat the Clans, if old prejudices and hatreds don't tear the Inner Sphere apart first. The first real test of this new-found sense of cooperation is the defense of Luthien, capital world of the Draconis Combine. But just what is the ultimate objective of the Clans?

Lost Destiny (Reprint)

Book Three of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy. The man once known as Phelan Kell has risen through the ranks in Clan Wolf and now stands to win a coveted Bloodname, the highest honor the Clans can bestow. Kai Allard-Liao is missing and presumed dead in the wake of a Clan Jade Falcon attack. Victor Steiner-Davion must mount a rescue of a man who once would have been considered his mortal enemy: Hohiro Kurita. And behind it all, ComStar lurks, ready to betray their Clan allies for the chance to fulfill their destiny as the saviors of humanity.

Bred for War

Star Lord

An heir to the Usurper Stefan Amaris appears deep in the periphery, and it's up to a crack team of Free Worlds League troops to infiltrate his operation and assassinate the would-be Star Lord. There's only one catch: between them and him lie hundreds of BattleMechs, with no way home!

Malicious Intent

Set right after the refusal war between Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Wolf, this novel focuses on Clan Jade Falcon's attack on Coventry, which has the unintended side effect of uniting disparate elements of the Inner Sphere. Vlad of Clan Wolf attempts to rebuild his clan with political intrigue.

Wolves on the Border (Reprint)

Wolf's Dragoons is one of the most feared and respected mercenary units in the entire Inner Sphere. Currently under contract to the Draconis Combine, they become the target of a plot by an ambitious and devious Warlord to gain their services permanently. Their liaison with the Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara, is an honest man and a friend to the Dragoons' leader, Colonel Jaime Wolf, and is caught between duty and friendship as war looms.

Hearts of Chaos

Camacho's Caballeros are sent to the planet Towne, where hints of a plot against the Combine continue to surface. Once there, they find the planet split between support for the local Davionists, and the desire for stability among the Draconis Combine. Behind the Combine troops, however, lie the Kokoryu-Kai, a mysterious organization that wants to overthrow the Coordinator of the Combine. Can the Caballeros quell this rebellion, or will they be crushed under the tide of discontent?

Operation Excalibur

The Gray Death Legion detaches themselves from the planet Glengarry, and takes service with their erstwhile enemy, the rebellious governor of Hesperus II. Under the guise of turncoats, they play a dangerous game of brinkmanship that culminates in a battle among the 'Mech factory itself. Can they bring Hesperus back into the Lyran Alliance, or will they destroy the factory they swore to protect?

Heir to the Dragon (Reprint)

Honor and respect towards ones elders is an important part of the Japanese-influenced culture of the Draconis Combine. Theodore Kurita, only son of the reigning Coordinator, has grandiose ideas about the future of his nation but he is hindered by his father's conservative nature and fear of change. During the chaos of the Fourth Succession War and the War of 3039, Theodore not only must survive on the battlefield, he must also navigate the treacherous waters of the Combine court. Can father and son reconcile for the good of their people?

Black Dragon

On the Coordinator's Birthday, Camacho's Caballeros are invited to Luthien to be honored for their work on the planet Towne. However, while they wait for their honors, Cassie Suthorn begins to unravel a plot to kill the coordinator. With Ninyu Kerai-Indrahar's help, she finds the Kokuryu-kai plotting a nefarious scheme to kill the Coordinator with his own bodyguards. If they interfere, the Caballeros could be branded murderers, but if they don't, the future of the Combine could be in jeopardy.

Impetus of War

The Draconis Combine hires out the famous Northwind Highlanders for a daring mission into clan space. 'Cat' Stirling and Loren Jaffrey take the Stirling Fusilers to the planet of Wayside V deep behind clan lines for a strike on the Clan Smoke Jaguar's supply lines.

Double-Blind

Binding Force

February 3058 - The year of the Horse. The Capellan Confederation is trying to "pacify" the Chaos March - starting with the Sarna Supremacy. House Hiritsu is assigned to take Sarna, but the House Master is assassinated at the time they arrive into the system. Aris Sung - a young MechWarrior - fights his way trough the campaign, trying to find the killer of the House Master, survive the war - and prove that the will of the House Master is the will of the House.

Exodus Road

Book I of the Twilight of the Clans series.

The Smoke Jaguars are one of the the most powerful Clans, yet the most savage and demanding on their people. When one MechWarrior Trent feels that his Clan has betrayed him, a captured ComStar agent convinces him to travel the Exodus Road not once, but twice, and returns with a prize worthy of the Inner Sphere: Huntress, the capital of Clan Smoke Jaguar!.

Grave Covenant

Book II of the Twilight of the Clans series.

The states of the Inner Sphere have reformed the Star League, and begin the campaign to destroy Clan Smoke Jaguar, while the Clans plan to continue the invasion. Within the Clans, however, warden and crusader tensions may doom a resumption before it starts. Can Lincoln Osis lead the Smoke Jaguars to victory, or will they be annihilated, tooth and claw?

The Hunters

Book III of the Twilight of the Clans series.

Task Force Serpent has the Eridani Light Horse, MacLeod's Regiment of the Northwind Highlanders, 1st Kathil Uhlans, 11th Lyran Guards, ComGuards, Kingston's Rangers, 1st Knights of the Inner Sphere, and two Special Forces teams. Not to mention its WarShips, and Space Craft; all commanded by Marshal of the Armies Morgan Hasek-Davion. Itss mission is to reduce [[Huntress]%5

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