Fall from Glory
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| Novel by Randall N. Bills | |||
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| Illustrator(s) | Florian Mellies (2021 cover) | ||
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| ISBN | 1-947335-72-3, 978-1-947335-72-1 | ||
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| Era | Clan Homeworlds era | ||
| Timeline | 5 November 2784 — 29 January 2802 | ||
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Fall from Glory, subtitled Founding of the Clans, Book One, is a novel by Randall N. Bills and the first part of the Founding of the Clans trilogy.
Publication History[edit]
The novel has a complicated publication history. It had just been written when FASA decided to cease active operations and Roc Books had no interest in publishing further novels in the Classic BattleTech line. The manuscript remained unpublished for some time, and first saw publication in 2004 in its German translation under the title Clangründer: Abkehr (translates as: "Founder(s) of the Clans: Turning away") by Fantasy Productions.
It was not until late 2007 that the English original version was published online on BattleCorps as a four-part serial.
Over the course of the 2019 crowdfunding campaign for the BattleTech: Clan Invasion boxed set, a re-release of the entire Founding of the Clans trilogy was unlocked as a stretch goal. Catalyst Game Labs decided to revise the first two books in the process (the third had not yet been written), creating new, authoritative versions that were expanded over the originals and partly rewritten. The revised edition of Fall from Glory was published on 8 March 2021.
An unabridged audio book edition of Fall from Glory narrated by Brian Kozak and Charlie K. James was released on 26 March 2025.
Plot Summary[edit]
Part 1[edit]
- published on: 16 November 2007
| “ | BattleCorps is extremely excited to announce the electronic publication of the Founding of the Clans novel trilogy, for the first time in English! | ” |
Part 2[edit]
- published on: 7 December 2007
| “ | From young lieutenant persecuting mutineers, to ardent explorer of a new alien world and beyond to Professor, the path of the Exodus fleet and founding of the SLDF in exile continues in Part II | ” |
Part 3[edit]
- published on: 22 January 2008
| “ | All Andrey's [sic!] life he's lived in the shadow of his father and his brother. Then one kiss, one moment changed everything. But would he change enough to be ready for the storm that was coming? | ” |
Part 4[edit]
- published on: 22 February 2008
| “ | In the final installment of Fall from Glory we follow Andery from the rumbling beginnings of the Exodus civil war to a lonely tarmac where he asks himself this question. | ” |
EPUB/POD: From the Back Cover[edit]
- published on: 8 March 2021
| “ | FLIGHT INTO THE UNKNOWN…
100 million dead. 500 million wounded. One billion homeless. The worst war in human history is over—and has left the Star League shattered. Jealousy and infighting from the five Great House Lords over who will be the next First Lord has the entire Inner Sphere already teetering on the brink of all-out conflict again. Against this grim backdrop, Aleksandr Kerensky, commanding general of the Star League Defense Force, faces a terrible choice. Stay, and see the mightiest military ever known subsumed into the Great Houses, lighting a conflagration that may burn even brighter than the terrible Amaris Coup. Or do the unthinkable. To save the Inner Sphere, Aleksander [sic!]—along with his sons, Nicholas and Andery—must leave it behind. He marshals the largest fleet ever assembled to carry millions of people on thousands of JumpShips to head into the unknown. Exodus! But though the Great General strives to make a fresh start for his people far from the Inner Sphere, old habits and allegiances are difficult to leave behind. Soon the Kerenskys and their followers face threats both external and internal as they search the endless black for a new world upon which they can forge a Star League-in-Exile...or die trying. |
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Note: This summary is based on the 2021 revised edition.
The novel covers the first eighteen years of Operation EXODUS. It depicts the difficult voyage of the Exodus fleet and the colonization of the Pentagon Worlds, sheds some light on the reasons behind the Exodus Civil War and culminates in the Second Exodus.
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Featured BattleTech[edit]
WarShips[edit]
- McKenna-class battleship, McKenna's Pride
- Potemkin-class troop cruiser, Hermes
- Texas-class battleship, Prinz Eugen
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Covers[edit]
German Edition cover
