Close Quarters

Close Quarters
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
Preceded by	(none)
Followed by	Hearts of Chaos

Close Quarters, by Victor Milán, is the first of trilogy of novels chronicling the adventures of Camacho's Caballeros.

From the back cover

“

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.

”

Featured characters

• Colonel Carlos "Tiburon" 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 Badlands Powell
• Captain Father Doctor Roberto "Call Me Bob" García
• Captain Bobby "Bobby the Wolf" Begay
• Captain Patricia Camacho (mentioned)
• Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassie "Abtakha" Suthorn
• Lieutenant Senior Grade Diana "Diana" Vásquez
• 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 (mentiond)

Minor Characters

• 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
• 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 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
• Sammy Chato
• Jimmy Escobar
• Petie McTeague
• Yvonne Sanchez
• Lucy Aragón
• 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

• Hachiman

Featured BattleTech

• Atlas
• Mauler
• Wasp

Covers

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  Original 1994 cover. Art by Boris Vallejo.

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  Original 1995 german cover.