Wolves on the Border

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Wolves on the Border
Product information
Type Novel
Author Robert N. Charrette
Pages 416
Cover Artwork Jim Nelson (original)
Peter Peebles (reprint)
Publication information
Publisher FASA (original)
Roc Books (reprint)
First published 1 March, 1989 (original)
1 May, 1996 (reprint)
ISBN-10 0451453883
ISBN-13 978-0451453884
Content
Era Succession Wars era
Timeline 30233028

Wolves on the Border, by Robert N. Charrette, narrates how Wolf's Dragoons, working as mercenaries for the Draconis Combine, become the target of a plot to either tie them to the Combine permanently against their will, or destroy them. Their liaison officer, Minobu Tetsuhara, a honorable warrior of House Kurita and close friend of Jaime Wolf, is trapped between friendship and duty.

The novel was made available on BattleCorps on 16 December 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

LIFE, DEATH, HONOR, FEALTY

Bushido governs all these concepts. As a MechWarrior of the Draconis Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara was bound by Bushido—a code that demands loyal service—to the devious Warlord Grieg Samsonov.

But when Minobu came upon a strange blue and gold Archer, the field littered with its vanquished opponents, and its weapons now empty, Bushido also dictated that he not destroy an honorable but helpless warrior. And so he rescued Jaime Wolf.

Minobu was then assigned as liaison to the Wolf's Dragoons, one of the Combine's most elite mercenary units, who treated him with the respect due a fellow warrior. When the mercenaries refused to renew their contract with Samsonov, Minobu was instructed to destroy them.

Now Bushido dictates that Minobu oppose his honorable foe, a man with whom he has served and who deserves far better than betrayal....

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By many the book is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, BattleTech novel of all time.[citation needed]

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