Mechwarrior: Dark Age #24: Dragon Rising (A Battletech Novel)

This is Ilsa Bick's third attempt to successfully write a BattleTech/MechWarrior novel, and I use the word attempt intentionally. Her first attempt was barely BattleTech/MechWarrior, and her second might as well not have been at all. This story at least ties back into the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe and main story somewhat, but carries on a tradition of a very different kind of novel than we are used to. Not much battle, and not much tech, not many mechs, and the warriors that are featured are overly concerned with murder, intrigue, and homoeroticism. I didn't have much hope going into this novel, but I bought it to keep the set going, and I was pretty unsurprised at the result.

I sincerely hope they won't give author Ilsa J. Bick another attempt to write a Mechwarrior story. Gore, gore and more gore in detail. Whole pages of detailed mutilation, serial killer wet dreams, ... on the other hand author kills off most powerfull people in universe with a single sentence, like it would be that easy. Naive and boring story. Spend 3 moths to read it, couldn't read more than a couple pages at once.

I won't buy another Mechwarrior book written by this author. If I wanted to read naive gore horror novel, I wouldn't search for it in Mechwarrior series.

Every time I see an upcoming Mechwarrior book by Ms. Bick, I wince. I really want to know who at Wizkids this woman is related to, as there is no way she was hired based on talent!