Battletech 45: Killing Fields: Book II of the Capellan Solution

by Loren L. Coleman

With the hope of reuniting the renegade St. Ives Compact with his own Capellan Federation, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao has gone to war for control of the Compact. But as months of battle turn to years of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451457536
• ISBN13: 9780451457530
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.3"
• Age Range: 1 year and up
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6

Customer Reviews

Long Live The Capellan Confederation

Finally an author who can write about House Liao and CapCon while granting them the respect they deserve. Stackpole is one of my favorite authors but I am dissapointed by his bias against House Liao. Coleman finally writes from the viewpoint of Sun-Tzu and the Capellans. At last Fasa's creative staff have seen fit to undue the wrong done against the Liao in the B-Tech story-line and repay the St. Ives Liaos for their treachery. Also, it makes sense that many in the Compact would welcomed reunification with Sian. Sun-Tzu is the best thing to happen to Capella in since the B-tech universe's inception. My only complaint is in the way Coleman allowed Sun-Tzu to treat Isis. However I understand that the story is leaning towards a marriagae between Sun-Tzu and the Canopus heir. A triple alliance between CapCon, Conopus, and the Concordant is a very likely beneficial developement for all sides. I look forward to future pro-Capellan novels by Coleman and other authors.

The Capellan Confederation is Back!

The Capellan Solution was an excellent series from an excellent author. What I liked most was the fact that the book had no clear goodguy/badguy viewpoint so common in some of the other authors' novels. Both sides have an legitimate claim to the St. Ives Compact. Mr. Coleman has shown himself to be one of FASAs best authors. This novel is a must read for all BT fans!

Killing Fields or Liao`s doubt

When I read the first part, just couldn`t wait for this one. I don`t like Stackpole`s treatment of the Cap. Conf. sometimes I think he has something against it. But Coleman has been developing an Inner Sphere where the Cap. Conf. can win. In Breed for War the real fight was between mercenaries and FC agents, and the Capellans didn`t reach their objetives in the book, only the Marik did!. I think that Coleman developed too many winning characters for this book, eventually one has to fail aldo when you reach the end you get the funny sensation that everybody won. I hope to read more book about the St Ives-Capellan war written by Coleman. If Stackpole leaves his Clan-Federated plots I`m afraid that Kai will conquer Sian singlehandly.

A good continuation of the series.

This is second book in the Capellan Solution series of BattleTech Novels. I found this book and the series to be a good return to the political strife of the Inner Sphere and away from the Clans. Also I found this to be a relavent book that continued the reader along the story arc of this series. This is opposed to the Twilight of the Clans series where there were one or two books we could have done without. While this story was focused and stayed on track, it did weave external elements of the Inner Sphere's politics into the story quite well.It was interesting to see how Sun-Tzu was protrayed. While most fans consider him to be one of the villians in the BattleTech universe, he is not so evil when you see the Inner Sphere from his point of view. Sun-Tzu's sanity has always been in debate with fans and this book will only add fuel to that fire.

Pivotal storyline, excellent writing

The second book of the Capellan Solution has more surprises and sophisticated plot twists and turns than virutally any other battletech, with the possible exception of the first installment of this series. Combat scenes are fast-paced and aggressive, character development is excellent, and unlike books by most of the other authors in the battletech universe, this one maintains its believability without sacrificing the boldness of its plot, or vice versa. All in all, fully up to the standards of this, one of the two best battletech authors, and certainly of vital importance to the history of the Compact, Confederation, FWL, as well as the Star League as a whole. This book provides the keystone that unifies and completes the trends of the past 30 years of history for the entire rimward half of the Inner Sphere. One of the best battletech books.