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Title: Patriots and Tyrants by Loren L. Coleman ISBN: 0-451-45845-1 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 05 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but too short
Comment: Patriots and Tyrants was a worthy successor to the main story arc by once-former Battletech author Michael A. Stackpole. Though he will be missed, he did leave a legacy in the form of his established characters and, apparently, an outline as a guide to the remaining authors in the series. Unfortunately, the main Battletech story is winding down and the Mechwarrior series now appears to be the main thrust of the published Battletech work these days. Stackpole is helping the new owners of the Battletech license cook up a new story line. One that, while it has a whole host of new characters, exists in the same Inner Sphere -- albeit 100 years later.
Anyway, I like Loren L. Coleman's style. He doesn't tell the character Victor as well as Stackpole, but then Stackpole created him. This is a good book, but it left me hanging. Not in a good way -- it was entirely too short. There was no real resolution. The publishers are really shooting themselves in the foot by imposing word count limits. Get this book, as its story is the main story arc. You don't want to miss out on that do you?
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a bad book but on the short side
Comment: Compared to the previous books that have made up the main story behind BattleTech this book is lightweight. For example, the Stackpole classic "Bred for War" it literally twice the size. This is mostly the fault of ROC in their stupid word count limitations that drove Stackpole away from writing BTech fiction in the first place. Suffice to say I finished this book in no more than two or three hours.
That aside, Loren Coleman has done a good job picking up from where Stackpole left off. The characters pick up well from previous novels. The plot moves forward, albeit not with the same depth as might have been desired. Also the battle scenes are good, if somewhat brief. I just feel that I've been left hanging with the story only half done. I very much enjoy BTech fiction and this book was good, I would have just liked something deeper. I'm sure that Loren Coleman has the ability to do more, it's just that he's being artifically limited.
So while not a bad read, there's just not enough depth to give it a better review.
Rating: 1
Summary: stackpole was better
Comment: It mad me cry! Coleman tries but he pretty much killed all stackpole's characters- they all [stink] now. Katherine and Victor both turned shallow, Tancred wasn't himself anymore, and they just had to try and kill one of my favorite characters- Arthur
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Title: Endgame (Battletech, 56) by Loren L. Coleman ISBN: 0451458931 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Flashpoint by Loren L. Coleman ISBN: 0451458249 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Measure of a Hero by Blaine Lee Pardoe ISBN: 0451457943 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Test of Vengeance by Bryan Nystul ISBN: 0451458362 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Path of Glory (Battletech, 49) by Randall N. Bills ISBN: 0451458079 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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