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Mechwarrior DarkAge: Trial by Chaos
by Michael on Jun.10, 2006, under General
It has been a few months since the last book in the DarkAge series. The last book was a bit unusual in the series as it centered more about a crime story than the “broad canvas” kind of story that has been the hallmark of the series since it’s inception.
In “Trial By Chaos” we are getting a bit back into the swing of things. The story centers around the planet Vega which is the first step in an attempt to rebuild the republic, lead by a Galaxy of the Raging Bears, the former class Ghost Bear.
What makes this installment a bit more unique is that the author, J. Steven Jork, decided to have the commander tell roughly half the book by “diary entries” of one of the main characters. This is interesting to get some background info on the clan as well as the situation, but in my opinion breaks the flow of the story, which made me skip parts of it.
The story, once again, does not really play into the “large canvas” of what is going on. The last insight we got into the Republic of the Sphere was when two books ago they “drew up the bridges” but we have not been told what is going to happen since then, and this book does not give us any more indication.
In a way I was a bit disappointed, I cannot see how it fits well into the canon of the universe, but maybe the next book will give some more reference this and then the book makes more sense…..
Rating 3/5
