Pandora's Gambit: A Battletech Novel (Mechwarrior: Dark Age, No. 27)

by Randall N. Bills

Book Overview

In the year 3069, the Free Worlds League was shattered and the House of Marik disgraced. Now three warriors vie to reunite the realm, turning the world of Marik into a battleground in a narcissistic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451461657
• ISBN13: 9780451461650
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

A story about rebuilding

As is surpisingly often the case with Battletech/Mechwarrior novels, there is little actual mech-on-mech combat in this book. Instead, this is a book about politics, specifically the first steps towards re-founding the Free Worlds League (House Marik). The realm has been splintered for decades - since shortly after the end of the old Battletech days - and while combat plays an important role in its re-creation, it is not as important as politics, and specifically the family politics of Jessica Marik and her children. The book is subtle and steeped in the history of Battletech, and even though I never had much interest in FWL history before, this impressed me quite a bit. I look forward to more books in this sub-series.