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| title      = Daughter of the Dragon
| type                = Novel
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| author     = [[Ilsa J. Bick]]
| author             = [[Ilsa J. Bick]]
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| artwork    = [[Ray Lundgren]]
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| publisher   = [[Roc Books]]
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| released    = 7 June, 2005
| pages              = 295
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| pages      = 295
| cover              = [[Ray Lundgren]]
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| isbn        = 0451460340
| interiorart        =
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| era         = [[Dark Age era]]
| illustrations      =
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| timeline   = [[3134]] – [[3136]]
| publisher           = [[Roc Books]]
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| preceded_by = [[Sword of Sedition]]
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| followed_by = [[Heretic's Faith]]
| year                = 7 June 2005
 
| ISBN10              = 0451460340
 
| ISBN13              = 978-0451460349
 
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| content            =  
 
| era                 = [[Dark Age era]]
 
| timeline           = 14 February [[3134]] – 15 February [[3136]]
 
| series              = [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Novels]]
 
| precededby          = [[Sword of Sedition]]
 
| followedby          = [[Heretic's Faith]]
 
 
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'''''Daughter of the Dragon''''', by [[Ilsa J. Bick]], is the sixteenth novel in the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Novels|MechWarrior: Dark Age]] series. It was first published in June 2005 by [[Roc Books]] and was later republished in October 2021 by [[InMediaRes Productions, LLC|Catalyst Game Labs]] as a [[BattleTech Legends]] title.
 
  
The novel chronicles the early career of [[Katana Tormark]] and the machinations of conservative officials to bring back the old ways of the [[Draconis Combine]].
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'''''Daughter of the Dragon''''', by [[Ilsa J. Bick]], chronicles the various machinations to bring back the ferocious [[Draconis Combine]] of old.
  
 
== From the back cover ==
 
== From the back cover ==
 
{{quote|''Between [[The Republic of the Sphere]] and the [[Draconis Combine]] stands the military unit known as the [[Dragon's Fury]]. Claiming worlds in the name of the Combine without [[House Kurita]]'s support and threatening the entire [[Inner Sphere]], the Fury pursue their leader's agenda with fanatical devotion...''
 
{{quote|''Between [[The Republic of the Sphere]] and the [[Draconis Combine]] stands the military unit known as the [[Dragon's Fury]]. Claiming worlds in the name of the Combine without [[House Kurita]]'s support and threatening the entire [[Inner Sphere]], the Fury pursue their leader's agenda with fanatical devotion...''
  
''[[Katana Tormark]] bears the burden of disgrace. A traitor's actions against her father discredited her family. Now, to regain the respect the Tormark clan deserves, she openly challenges the [[Vincent Kurita|Coordinator]]'s policy of nonaggression with The Republic, hoping to push House Kurita into a conflict—a conflict the Coordinator apparently doesn't want.''
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''[[Katana Tormark]] bears the burden of disgrace. A traitor's actions against her father discredited her family. Now, to regain the respect the Tormark clan deserves, she openly challenges the [[Vincent Kurita|Coordinator]]'s policy of nonaggression with The Republic, hoping to push House Kurita into a conflict—a conflict the Coordinator apparently doesn't want.''
  
 
''Warlord [[Mitsura Sakamoto]] believes Katana is making House Kurita look weak, and he is determined to turn the situation to his advantage. For he has his own designs on ruling the Combine, and he's not going to let the daughter of a dishonored samurai stand in his way...''}}
 
''Warlord [[Mitsura Sakamoto]] believes Katana is making House Kurita look weak, and he is determined to turn the situation to his advantage. For he has his own designs on ruling the Combine, and he's not going to let the daughter of a dishonored samurai stand in his way...''}}
 
  
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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== Featured characters ==
==Featured characters==
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* [[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]] [[Katana Tormark]]
* [[Antonia Chinn]]
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* [[Tai-shu]] [[Mitsura Sakamoto]]
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* [[Chu-sa]] [[Antonia Chinn]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Carol Worridge]]
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* [[Coordinator]] [[Vincent Kurita]]
* [[Katana Tormark]]
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* [[ISF|ISF Director]] [[Ramadeep Bhatia]]
* [[Larry Coleman]]
 
* [[Mitsura Sakamoto]]
 
* [[Reginald Eriksson]]
 
* [[Ramadeep Bhatia]]
 
* [[Tina Magnusson-Talbot]]
 
* [[Vincent Kurita]]
 
  
 
== Featured places ==
 
== Featured places ==
 
* [[Ancha]]
 
* [[Ancha]]
* [[Chichibu]]
 
 
* [[Klathandu IV]]
 
* [[Klathandu IV]]
 
* [[Al Na'ir]]
 
* [[Al Na'ir]]
 
* [[Proserpina]]
 
* [[Proserpina]]
 
* [[Biham]]
 
* [[Biham]]
* [[Junction]]
 
* [[Tsukude]]
 
* [[Waddesdon]]
 
 
==Resources==
 
*[http://cf.sarna.net/data/planets/prefecture_II_and_III_3135.pdf Map of the Republic of the Inner Sphere's Prefectures II and III, circa 3135]
 
 
==Foreign-Language Editions==
 
===German===
 
A German edition, translated by [[Reinhold H. Mai]], was published by [[Heyne]] in 2007 as ''Tochter des Drachen'' (ISBN 9783453523630).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/984312005 ''Tochter des Drachen'']</ref>
 
 
==Covers==
 
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File:Daughter of the Dragon (2021 cover).jpg|2021 cover. Art by [[Tan Ho Sim]].
 
File:MWDA-16-Tochter des Drachen.jpg|2007 German edition.
 
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=References=
 
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