Illusions of Victory

Illusions of Victory
Product information
Type	Novel
Author	Loren L. Coleman
Pages	274
Cover Artwork	Peter Peebles
Publication information
Publisher	Roc Books
First published	01 May 2000
ISBN-10	0451457919
ISBN-13	978-0451457912
Content
Era	Civil War era
Timeline	3062

Illusions of Victory, by Loren L. Coleman, is a story of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War from the venue of the Game World.

The novel was made available on BattleCorps on 08 August 2009 as a PDF file (text only, without cover, pictures, or any other interior artwork except for the usual BattleCorps frame graphics). The PDF copy includes a disclaimer stating that it was created from a pre-final edition text that might differ from the printed version and that canon-wise, the print edition trumps the PDF edition.

From the back cover

“

Solaris VII is known as the Game World—where entertainment is king, money is power, and MechWarriors from every corner of the Inner Sphere come to make war against one another in the ultimate sporting event. Michael Searcy arrived on Solaris VII as a dishonored MechWarrior, and worked his way up in the ranking to become a valued commodity in the games. He knows all the moves, plays all the angles, and can put on a show as well as he fights. But now, the ancient grudges pitting warriors against each other have spilled out of the arena—and are moving through the streets in an all-out war. And Michael is caught in a championship match where the winner is the last man left alive...

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Summary

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Featured characters

• Larry Acuff
• Jarmen Bauer
• Megan Church
• Evelyn Czerny
• Thomas DeLon
• Karl Edwards
• Drew Hasek-Davion
• Michael Searcy
• Garrett
• Theodore Gross
• Adam Kristof
• Tran Ky Bo
• Kelley Metz
• Stephen Neils
• Julian Nero
• Ervin Rebelke
• Todd Richards
• Nicole Singh
• Veronica Sherman
• Jerry Stroud
• Yoki Susuma
• Victor Vandergriff

Featured places

• Solaris VII
• New Canton (mentioned)

Featured BattleTech

• Albatross
• Anvil
• Banshee
• Barghest
• Berserker
• Blackjack
• Caesar
• Cataphract
• Cestus
• Crusader
• Devastator
• Dragon Fire
• Emperor
• Enfield
• Enforcer III
• Falconer
• GUN-1ERD Gunslinger
• Hauptmann
• Hollander
• Hunchback
• JagerMech III
• Katana
• Maelstrom
• Masakari/Warhawk
• Monarch-class
• Nightsky
• Orion
• Overlord-class
• Pillager
• Penetrator
• Rakshasa
• Scarabus
• Sirocco
• Striker
• Union-class
• UrbanMech
• Vulture/Mad Dog
• Watchman
• ZEU-6S Zeus

Notes

• Chapter Five features mentions Stroud's loss of a Clan OmniMech due to sabotage by agents of Hasek-Davion, a reference to the events of By the Numbers, the opening fiction also written by Loren Coleman for the MechWarrior, Third Edition/Classic BattleTech RPG.

Foreign-Language Editions

German

A German edition, translated by Reinhold H. Mai, was published by Heyne in 2001 as Trügerische Siege (ISBN 9783453171008).

Hungarian

A Hungarian edition was published by Beholder in 2007 as A győzelem illúziója.

Covers

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  Original 2000 cover. Art by Peter Peebles.

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  2001 German 2001 edition.

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  2007 Hungarian edition.