Duo Infernale
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| Duo Infernale | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Novel |
| Author | Carolina Möbis |
| Pages | 272 |
| Cover Artwork | Karsten Schreurs |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Fantasy Productions GmbH |
| Product code | 31022 |
| First published | 2007 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3890644981 |
| MSRP | 9,00 € |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era |
| Timeline | 9 April-22 December 3061 |
| Series | Classic BattleTech Novels |
Duo Infernale, by Carolina Möbis, is a German-language BattleTech novel published by FanPro in 2007 as the 16th in FanPro's line of Classic BattleTech Novels.
Contents
From the back cover (translated from German)
| “ | The life of mercenary Mad Dog Maloy could be peaceful, except for the unknown party who wiped out her unit and destroyed their base. In her quest to find the perpetrators she is accompanied by her loyal Mad Cat 'Bugs' and the only other survivor of the massacre, Shin, an Elemental who once fought for the Clans. Together, the women stumble upon an intrigue that aims at destroying the Lyran Alliance. A race against time ensues and a hectic chase that brings them not only to the battle arenas of Galathea [sic] but also deep into the heart of the empire, to Tharkad... | ” |
Plot Summary
On 9 April 3061 MechWarrior "Mad Dog" Maloy awakens in her downed and deactivated Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) with no recollection of recent events. She finds the nearby mercenary base destroyed, with even the non-combatant personnel slain; only Elemental warrior Shin survived when her battlesuit was trapped under a fallen Centurion at the onset of the fighting. Investigating the scene of the massacre after Maloy frees Shin by means of a maintenance crane they find that the base defenses had been cleverly sabotaged by someone with intimate insider knowledge. The same is true for Maloy's Mad Cat which was rigged so that a single PPC blast was sufficient to deactivate it.
Canonicity
Written in German and exclusively published in that language so far, Duo Infernale does not technically meet the current criteria for Canon in the BattleTech universe. As an official product published under a valid license, it should be regarded as apocryphal instead.