BattleTech Legends: The Warrior Trilogy (BattleTech Box Set #5) by Michael A. Stackpole

Betrayed by House Davion and stripped of his rank, Justin Allard is a man without a nation. Fighting on the game world Solaris VII attracts the notice of House Liao, Davions sworn enemy. To make Justin one of their own would be a priceless coup.

But Justin is all too aware of the nest of vipers hes landed in. And as seismic events reverberate through the Inner Sphere, bringing mighty nation states to the brink of war, will he be loyal to his new mastersor is he plotting vengeance on both houses?

BOOK ONE: EN GARDE

MECHS AT THE READY

Betrayed by his own House and stripped of his rank, exiled Mechwarrior Justin Allard is given one last chance to save his honorby risking his life in the gladiatorial arenas of Solaris VII. But his newest Game World opponentmore skilled at ‘Mech-to-‘Mech combat than any other rivalraises the stakes even higher. It’s Philip Capet, former MechWarrior in the Davion militaryuntil he was kicked out by none other than Justin Allard before his own unfortunate fall from grace.

Both Justin and Philip face fierce battles, but in the Inner Sphere, where nobles have schemed for centuries to win the ultimate power, those who interfere with the Successor Lords are sometimes called heroes.

And sometimes called victims

BOOK TWO: RIPOSTE

THE GAUNTLET IS THROWN

Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner have united two Great Houses of the Inner Sphere in a marriage that upsets the balance of power among the stars. Though some hope this may bring an end to centuries of war, Maximilian Liao of the Capellan Confederation has enlisted the aid of two highly placed Davion traitors to destroy Hanse Davion and the Federated Suns from both within and without.

But in the distant star chambers of the Capellan March and Draconis Combine, the warlords of Maximilian Liao are honoring a different and more deadly vow: to wage an unholy war that threatens to rip apart the vulnerable worlds of the Federated Suns. As Davion Mech commander Andrew Redburn and his mercenaries streak into battle, an explosive clash of metal and men signals the return of a formidable foe. Interstellar legend Yorinaga Kurita has returned to stake his claim as the most bloodthirsty warrior of all. For both men, it is do-or-die combat that could ensure the triumph of a glorious new allianceor result in total annihilation

BOOK THREE: COUP

THE FINAL ENGAGEMENT

The minions of Maximilian Liao are about to deliver a crippling blow to the forces of Prince Hanse Daviondiscovering a way to use Hanses own technology against him.

Half a galaxy away, assassins stalk Hanses wife, Melissa Steiner, and her mother, Archon Katrina Steiner, in the passageways of their own palace.

Invasion is imminent. The only Mech force capable of stopping that invasionthe Kell Hounds mercenary unitis trapped in a game of search and destroy with the most fearsome Kurita unit ever created. Even if they come back in time…how many would make it?

In a world where ten-meter-tall war machines are the soul of battle, assassins are state policy, and a spys loyalty is always for sale, the only thing certain is death. Who can you trust? And in the bitter end, how will you be betrayed?

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