Mechwarrior: Dark Age #15: Sword of Sedition: A Battletech Novel

By Loren L. Coleman

Book Overview

Newly elected Exarch Jonah Levin is facing censure from the senators of The Republic. Wary even of his own Paladins, Levin agrees to a summit of Inner Sphere leaders on Terra-praying his enemies won't use the gathering for an assassination attempt.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451460227
• ISBN13: 9780451460226
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

High-level political mayhem

I was happy to see the Mechwarrior series get back to its roots. Although the focus is, obviously, on the Republic, when the series started, it alsmost seemed as if the great houses of the Inner Sphere didn't even exist. After some ups and downs in the new Dark Age saga, I've been pleasantly surprised by the last few books and was excited to learn that this was a continuation of "The Scorpion Jar". It's been quite a while since Battletech/Mechwarrior found its focus back on Earth and I'm glad to see a return to the roots of the series. Predictable? Yeah, somewhat. Wrapped up too quickly in the end again? Yep (does every novel have to climax in the last 10-15 pages?), but a fun read that opened the doors for a lot more.

Not predictable, but a return to form!

Anyone who says this book was predictable didn't read the last chapter. It is a return to what I expect from the Battletech/Mechwarrior name. It's good to see the Houses acting somewhat like you'd expect, and seeing thing you recognize. It this wasn't the case, you'd have change for change sake, chaos, and you wouldn't know what was going on, or why. Coleman is masterful, even better than Stackpole, and whenever I see a new MW novel written by him, I know I'm going to enjoy it.

Predictable, but fun!

This book is the 15th in the MechWarrior: Dark Age series of books. As noted by other reviewers, it centers around various factions of the inner sphere going to the funeral of one of the great leaders, and while getting to a slow start, it picks up in the last third. It is not a masterpiece of English literature. However, it was a great deal of fun to read. While slow at first, it kept interest with showing at least a little bit of most of the major factions and introducing some new players. The political intrigue is also pretty well written for a book that is trying to attract and keep a base of readers that include at least two divergent groups -- those interested in the WizKids toys that have come out in the past few years, and those interested in the Battletech universe that has been around for decades. Some of the themes in this book (and the series) may seem to be...recycled, but that's part of what makes most pop culture fiction so fun -- the hero is good and noble, struggles with some issue, and wins in the end. Bad guys have their reasons for being bad, and might be ahead in the game for a while, but eventually "get what's coming to them." Everyone is beautiful (except the evil ones, of course), the good eventually triumph, a lesson is learned, and we all live happily ever after. More or less, at least. And in this series, more often than not, that's what you get. So, if you're looking for something original, thought provoking, profound, etc....look somewhere else. If you like stories about heroes, giant robots, interstellar travel, spies, and the like, and want something to take your mind off school, work, or other things going on in the world, this series might just be what you're looking for! I've had fun reading the past 15 books, and looking forward already to the next one in the series.