MechWarrior: Dark Age Novels
The following novels occur during the era of MechWarrior: Dark Age in the early to mid 32nd century.
| Title | Author | Published | ISBN | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost War | Michael A. Stackpole | December 2002 | ISBN 0-451-45905-9 | Sam Donnelly investigates a terrorist organization on the planets Helen and Basalt. Time Period covered - 12 November 3132 to 2 March 3133 |
| A Call to Arms | Loren L. Coleman | February 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45912-1 | Customs officer Raul Ortega must deal with a Steel Wolf attack on the planet Achernar, one of the few worlds with a working HPG station. |
| The Ruins of Power | Robert Vardeman | April 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45928-8 | War comes to Mirach, and the pacifistic governor wants none of it. His son Austin must take up the sword instead. |
| A Silence in the Heavens | Martin Delrio | June 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45932-6 | Book One of The Proving Grounds Trilogy. The Steel Wolves, led by Anastasia Kerensky, assault Northwind. They are opposed by Tara Campbell and her Highlanders, as well as Paladin Ezekiel Crow. |
| Truth and Shadows | Martin Delrio | August 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45938-5 | Book Two of The Proving Grounds Trilogy. While Tara Campbell and Ezekiel Crow grow closer, Anastasia Kerensky makes another attempt on Northwind. Meanwhile, a dark secret threatens to unravel the alliance against the Steel Wolves. |
| Service for the Dead | Martin Delrio | November 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45943-1 | Book Three of The Proving Grounds Trilogy. Anastasia Kerensky leads her Steel Wolves to Terra, the capital of the Republic of the Sphere. Tara Campbell not only must stop the Wolf leader, but also confront a traitor closer to home. |
| By Temptations and By War | Loren L. Coleman | December 2003 | ISBN 0-451-45947-4 | The planet Liao holds special significance to the Capellan Confederation and its ruling House Liao. Chancellor Daoshen Liao sends an agent to regain the planet from the Republic and resurrect a long-dead Warrior House. The mystery of the Betrayer of Liao is resolved. |
| Fortress of Lies | J. Steven York | February 2004 | ISBN 0-451-45963-6 | Duke Aaron Sandoval uses his nephew Erik to make alliances and oppose the Capellan advance into the Republic. |
| Patriot's Stand | Mike Moscoe | April 2004 | ISBN 0-451-45970-9 | When an unscrupulous businessman hires Hansen's Roughriders to help him conquer the planer Alkalurops, the determined natives must put their fate in the hands of a rag-tag group of mercenaries. |
| Flight of the Falcon | Victor Milán | June 2004 | ISBN 0-451-45983-0 | Clan Jade Falcon enters the fray as the Hazen sibkin, Malvina and Alex, lead an incursion into the Republic. Their target: Skye. |
| Blood of the Isle | Loren L. Coleman | August 2004 | ISBN 0-451-45988-1 | An unlikely alliance has arisen between the loyal Highlanders, the secessionist Stormhammers and the predatory Steel Wolves to protect the planet Skye against Clan Jade Falcon. |
| Hunters of the Deep | Randall N. Bills | October 2004 | ISBN 0-451-46005-7 | Clan Sea Fox roams the spacelanes like interstellar Gypsies, buying and selling at every world and living almost entirely on their enormous ArcShips and CargoShips. In the midst of his regular duties, ovKhan Petr Kalasa of Delta Aimag uncovers intrigue among his fellow merchants. |
| The Scorpion Jar | Jason M. Hardy | December 2004 | ISBN 0-451-46020-0 | The death of a legendary hero triggers further crisis in the Republic of the Sphere. With all of his fellow Paladins gathered on Terra to elect a new Exarch, Jonah Levin investigates the mystery behind this tragic murder and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the Republic to the brink of destruction. |
| Target of Opportunity | Blaine Lee Pardoe | February 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46016-2 | ComStar once ruled the realm of interstellar communications throughout the Inner Sphere. Then came the Jihad, launched by a fanatical splinter group. The organization rebuilt, but the crash of the Hyperpulse Generator net nearly three years ago may just be the fatal blow for ComStar. One young Adept thinks he may have the answer to restoring communications, but will he be allowed to test his theory or will he become the pawn of warring factions? |
| Sword of Sedition | Loren L. Coleman | April 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46022-7 | Book One of the Republic in Flames duology. Strife continues to build in the Republic government and the new Exarch struggles to repair the damage. With dignitaries from across human space arriving to honor a fallen hero, Terra becomes a pressure cooker that may just explode and bring devastation to everyone. |
| Daughter of the Dragon | Ilsa J. Bick | June 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46034-0 | Katana Tormark was once a powerful figure in the Republic until the crash of the HPG system brought out her true allegiance. Now she conquers in the name of the Draconis Combine. But does Coordinator Vincent Kurita support or despise her? |
| Heretic's Faith | Randall N. Bills | August 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46040-5 | Clan Nova Cat is known for following their mystical visions, even when the path appears strange to outsiders. Led by the visions of the Mystic Caste, the Nova Cats take up an offer of alliance extended to them by Katana Tormark, now Warlord of Dieron. Will they take the opportunity to reconnect with their sundered brethren in the Republic? Or destroy them? |
| Fortress Republic | Loren L. Coleman | October 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46053-7 | Book Two of the Republic in Flames duology. With more and more threats appearing on his doorstep, Exarch Jonah Levin has a tough decision to make. Will his attempts to save the Republic doom it instead? Meanwhile, Julian Davion, stripped of his position as Prince's Champion, leads a multinational force against the Senatorial rebellion and Caleb Davion assumes control of the Federated Suns. |
| Blood Avatar | Ilsa J. Bick | December 2005 | ISBN 0-451-46074-X | The first body that turns up in Farway, a secluded town on the planet Denebola, is from out of town. When the Denebola Bureau of Investigation and the legate’s office from half the planet away decide to help identify the murder victim, Sheriff Hank Ketchum knows he’s in over his head. Enter the infamous Detective Jack Ramsey. With the help of the talented and beautiful local medical examiner, Amanda Slade, Ramsey digs into the case and discovers evidence that puts Farway at the heart of a conspiracy. |
| Trial by Chaos | J. Steven York | June 2006 | ISBN 0-451-46072-3 | (3136 A.D.) - The Rasalhague Dominion has disbatched its Omega Galaxy to planet Vega in former Prefecture I, trying to bring stability back to the region of former Republic of the Sphere. However, the planet's civilian population is in chaos. With threats of invasion from Draconis Combine and on planet terrorist, Ghost Bear warriors face forces from outworld and within their very clan may make them fail this trial. |
| Principles of Desolation | Jason M. Hardy | August 2006 | ISBN 0-451-46081-2 | Raised among royalty in the Magistracy of Canopus, where the superiority of women is a cultural axiom, Danai Liao-Centrella possesses all the confidence necessary for her to ascend through the Confederacy ranks, despite having to contend with the constant machinations of her maniacle brother, Daoshen. But when her latest mission ends in defeat and personal disgrace, Danai will face the greatest challenge of her life. Chancellor Daoshen rewards her failure by giving her a battalion of her own and a brand-new battlefield. And Danai is about to learn that in service to the state, even family comes second to safeguarding the Capellan Confederation. |
| Wolf Hunters | Kevin Killiany | November 2006 | ISBN 0-451-46095-2 | Anastasia Kerensky has declared the Steel Wolf Clan to be mercenaries, re-christening them Wolf Hunters. The combination of autonomy and wealth will make them more than a match for any MechWarrior battalion suicidal enough to challenge them. But the real challenge comes from within the Clan. Star Colonel Varnoff believes Kerensky has betrayed them all-and with a loyal faction of Steel Wolves at his side vows to destroy all the Wolf Hunters. |
| Surrender Your Dreams | Blaine Lee Pardoe | December 2006 | ISBN 0-451-46120-7 | (3135-3136, & Beyond) - A Group of Knights, Ghost Knights & Paladin Redmond team up with Stone's hidden allies to ensure the future of the Republic of the Sphere. Book is written in style Pulp Fiction |
| Dragon Rising | Ilsa J. Bick | February 2007 | ISBN 978-0-451-46141-4 | Sequel to Daughter of the Dragon. |
| Masters of War | Michael Stackpole | April 2007 | ISBN 978-0-451-46137-7 | Former Republic of the Sphere falls prey to a new incursion. Clan Wolf has awaken to the desires to conqueror Terra. The Wolf Hunters and other forces have been called to former Prefecture 9 unite to fight them off the invasion. (October 3136- May 3137) |
| A Rending of Falcons | Victor Milán | June 2007 | ISBN 978-0-451-46159-9 | Galaxy Commander Malvina Hazen, one of CJF's expeditary commanders has returned to Occupational Zone to confront her Khan for leadership of the Clan. The war changes the direction of the Falcons forever. This is the Sequel to both Flight of the Falcon & "Blood of the Isle". (Sept. 3135 to April 3136) Clan Jade Falcon Civil War |
| Pandora's Gambit | Randall N. Bills | August 2007 | Captain-General Jessica Marik's Oriente Protectorate begins its gambit of re-uniting the House Marik. However, the others elements of the old League are in motion with their own plans. | |
| Fire at Will | Blaine Pardoe | October 2007 | Archon Melissa Steiner has order invasion of FWL to prevent its reunification. Trillian Steiner(-Davion) attempts to guide this campaign, pushing her loyalty and skills to the test for her Great House. | |
| The Last Charge | Jason M. Hardy | December 2007 | ISBN 978-0-451-46183-4 | Anson Marik is at his wits end. The Lyrans are pressing on his borders, his chief tactician has resigned, and his abilities as a leader are failing him. Now his enemies are on the move, taking the Marik-Steward Commonwealth planet by planet. If Marik cannot gather his strength to stop the invasion, his people will be doomed. Steiner Invasion of FWL Space (3136-3138) |
| To Ride the Chimera | Kevin Killiany | February 2008 | ISBN 978-0-451-46194-0 | A MechWarrior without peer, Thaddeus Marik has become the figurehead for a new community of worlds attempting to resurrect the Free Worlds League. After defeating a Lyran invasion on the planet of Savannah and negotiating a successful alliance with the Protectorate Coalition, Marik must now ally himself with Jessica Halas-Hughes Marik if the new league is to have a chance.
Having Marik and his forces at her side gives Jessica much-needed credibility and greater influence on Oriente. But old hatreds die hard, erupting in a war against enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy the founding of a new league... |
| A Bonfire of Worlds | Steven Mohan Jr. | 31 December 2009 | ISBN | The failure of interstellar communications threatens civilization across the breadth of the Inner Sphere. Risking everything on one last chance for survival, ComStar kidnaps engineering genius Tucker Harwell who unravels the Blackout’s greatest mystery. Among the Clans, Khan Malvina Hazen of the Jade Falcons hunts for the next enemy to crush beneath her brutal Mongol Doctrine, and the warrior Alaric Wolf makes his move into the halls of power.
Plans years in the making come together across hundreds of star systems. Secrets hidden for decades will finally be revealed. While an empire goes up in flames. |
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