Phoenix (novel)
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| Phoenix | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Novel |
| Author | Peter Heid |
| Pages | 286 |
| Cover Artwork | "FASA Corporation" (originally by Bruce Jensen) |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Heyne |
| Product code | 06/6252 |
| First published | 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | 3453187903 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3453187900 |
| MSRP | 7,95 € |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era Succession Wars era (flashback) |
| Timeline | 05 January 3033—10 April 3054 |
Published by Heyne as the 52nd in their series of German BattleTech novels, Phoenix (by Peter Heid) is notable for being the first novel in that line (and the first German BattleTech novel) that was not a translated American novel, but an original work by a German author. It has not been translated into English so far.
Contents
Overview
Canonicity
Written in German and exclusively published in that language so far, Phoenix does not technically meet the current criteria for Canon in the BattleTech universe. As an official product published under a valid license, it should be regarded as apocryphal instead.
From the back cover (translated from German)
| “ | Replacing a MechWarrior who got killed, Jason Boise is assigned to the Mad Jumpin Jacks, an elite mercenary company under the command of old warhorse Jack Anderson. Jason is the laughing stock of his superiors and comrades for his youth and inexperience, but when the Mad Jumpin Jacks face Lyran invaders on the Marik world of Amity and have to fight for their survival he can show what he is made of... | ” |
Plot Summary
On 07 April 3054, the remaining defenders of Tomans against a Clan Jade Falcon incursion discuss how a month of exceedingly bloody fighting barely the Clan Warriors
Characters
- Jason Boise (killed by a Jade Falcon ' on 8 April 3054)
- Lhiannon Potter
- Raymond Allison (killed by a Jade Falcon Turkina on 8 April 3054)
- Robert (killed by a Jade Falcon Masakari on 6 April 3054)