Das Goldene Zeitalter

The Golden Age {sic!} Zyklus ("Golden Age cycle") is a series of novels that were published by Fantasy Productions as part of the new FanPro novels series from 2004 onwards. They are set in the "golden age" of BattleTech during the Star League era around the year 2600, roughly four centuries before the original main storyline.

Within the Golden Age cycle, there is a loosely connected sub-cycle named the Great Game cycle comprising three books. Additional books by Michael Diel and Carolina Möbis were projected but not published when FanPro aborted the new novel series in 2008 (eventually passing the torch to Ulisses Spiele in 2011).

Further, the second Great Game novel (En Passant) was the first part of the Schattenkrieg trilogy which however was not continued beyond this first book.

Novels in the Golden Age cycle:

1. Wahnsinn und Methode (FanPro novel #1)
2. Über dem Gesetz (FanPro novel #4)
3. Früchte voll Bitterkeit (FanPro novel #10)
4. In Ungnade (FanPro novel #13; Great Game cycle #1)
5. En Passant (FanPro novel #15; Great Game cycle #2; Schattenkrieg #1)
6. Royal Flush (FanPro novel #18; Great Game cycle #3)