Trickster released today and in many respects, it felt like it came out of nowhere. I was asked to write Trickster right after the Kickstarter got going and I had almost forgotten about it until my editor reached out to me for a few edits. I have to admit, it was strange reading it after all of these months.
I really enjoyed covering a story from the Clan’s Golden Century. Also, getting to cover Clan Coyote was a real treat. It is a faction that has gotten a lot of fiction coverage. I like Tyrilla Heller. BattleTech has a long history of strong female characters and she is one that I’m quite fond of. I’d like to come back to her at some point…because I think there is a redemption there.
In some respects, Trickster brought back memories for me of Betrayal of Ideals. We had a short version of these events in the sourcebooks, but just retelling that story alone didn’t feel right. Let’s face it, it would have been just a ‘Mech battle. I wanted to explore the parts that weren’t in the sourcebooks, a hidden tale of sorts underlying what readers might have read. I like fiction that takes you down a familiar path, but provides you with some neat twists. I think Randall has done that with his first book Fall from Glory.
As always I try and include some of the BattleTech community in the mix. Here’s the latest update of those that are included in things I’ve written:
Trickster
(KS) Dennis Busse for Kerek Helmer
(KS) Chris Fernandez for Slynkers Mercer
(KS) Jason Gollogly for Tyrilla Heller
(KS) Matt Kudrick for Matthew Nash
(KS) Leif Lann for Anjij Nuyriev
Christopher Barghausen
Daniel Corrigan
Ian Morgan Coutt
Mario Garzolini
Brent Kynell
Jeff Rietman
Stanislav Shimuk
Hour of the Wolf
(KS) Robin Apel
(KS) William (Will) Arnold
(KS) Ian Butler—Brigadier Graham Badinov
(KS) Andreas Büttner—Druss Ward
(KS) Colby Cram
(KS) Dr. Randolph P. Checkers, Esq.
(KS) Craig Evans—Pharaoh
(KS) Kevin Markley
(KS) Eris Griffon
(KS) Raymond Guethler
(KS) Justin Hall
(KS) John Healy—Physician Hobgood
(KS) Spencer Huff—Khalus Pryde
(KS) Aleksey Kopysov—Kaor
(KS) Chris Kornfeld
(KS) Aaron Krull
(KS) Andrew Krull
(KS) Jason Mayberry – Kai Nihari
(KS) Brendan (Bren) Mayhugh
(KS) Jason Mischke—Stroud
(KS) Daniel Nichols—Janus
(KS) Matthias Pfaff—Amanda McKenna
(KS) Shawn Rains—Colton Mcleod
(KS) Marvin Sims—Marv Roshak
(KS) Aaron Tarr—Star Colonel Kalidessa Kerensky
(KS) Jakapan Thunpithayakul
(KS) Christopher Toh—Merlin Buhallin
(KS) John Traver—Jack Traver
(KS) Jathniel Velazquez—Jathniel Kerensky
(KS) John Watson
(KS) Michael Mahoney—Sorsha
(KS) Lyle Wojciechowski—Star Colonel Havi Bekker
David Abzug
David Baker
Agustin Sierio Barj
Matthew Behrens
Ted Burger
Billy J. Caldwell
Kim Chapman
John “Fratricide” Craig
Paco Cubillo
Amy Delaney
Benno deJong
Stephen Dukes
David DuJordan
Adolfo Fernandez
William Fife
Noran Ghall
Oliver Haake
Thomas Heath
James “Tanker” Herring
Dirk “Derek” Kobler
Jean-Jacques Labbé
Jeff Lamm
Chew Hwee Leong
Joshua Adam Lonbom
Brianne Elizabeth Lyons
Dean Manning
John McNary
Jared Micks
Ed Miller
Joe Mooney
Rolf Peter
Max Prohaska
Andrew Quay
Krzysztof Strato Raczyński
Keith Richmond
Jamie Rife
Andrew Roy
Sebastian Schröder
Rowland Seckinger III
Volkmar Seifert
David Skinner
Jeremy Spurlock
Travis Sumpter
Lonnie Tapscott
Paul Tomaszewski
Cory Vigdal
Josh Waltz
Powers Wartman
Ben Weingart
Shawn “Gorilla” Willett
Ludvig Yabar
Sharizal Zarie
The Burdens of Honor
Cymril Tseng, Star Commander of Clan Ghost Bear
Tai-i Adam Cunningham (Kaningamu) of the Draconis Combine
Tai-sa David Vivas of the Draconis Combine.
Tabor Heine, contributing for his daughter Charlotte, Warrior of Clan Ghost Bear
Jason Cabral, Cabral, Ghost Bear Warrior
Mason Kortz, Roman Tseng, Ghost Bear Warrior
Eric Stockard, Christine Rosenfeld, ComStar ROM
Seth James, Malik Feff, ISF Agent
Lawrence Greenwood
Children of Kerensky
David Abzug
Agustin Sierio Barj
Elmer Lee Bechdoldt
Dennis Busse, for Kerek
Dr. Randolph P. Checkers, Esq. (Yo Tex!)
Michael “Brent-Killer” Ciaravella
Xander Cosgrave
Olaf Dittmar
David “Dunny” Dunlap
James Doughty, for TacShadow
Adolfo Fernandez
Jason Gambrel
Adam Grimm
Oliver Haake
Claire Harpham
Hannes Hinterberger
Michael Hofacker
Jerry Hornick
Spencer Huff, for Khalus Pryde
Rylan Thane Ingram
Franz Jelinek
Ka’u Johnston-Kitazawa
Artem Kostyukov
Josh Koziura
Jean-Jacques Labbé
James Lee, for Jamie Hazen
Larry Leslie II
Kevin Markley
Marco Mazzoni
Tackett McClenny
Thomas “Dreacon” Miller
Todd More, for (Mike) Wallace
Shane Overstreet
Stephen Parac
Stephan “Warbear” Peter
Juergen Schneidemesser
Rowland Seckinger III
Jeremy Spurlock
Rob Watkins
Sharizal Zarie
The Bonds of Battle
Star Commander Cymril Tseng, Clan Ghost Bear
Adam Bear, (Kaningamu), contributed by Gregory Adam Cunningham, formerly of the Draconis Combine, now bondsman to Clan Ghost Bear
Tai-sa David Vivas, of the Draconis Combine
Tabor Heine, contributing for his daughter Charlotte Warrior of Clan Ghost Bear
William James Hamblin, Chu-i Biru Hamblin of the Draconis Combine
Chu-i Ayden Ryken, of the Draconis Combine
Chu-i Carrie Shumar, of the Draconis Combine
Sho-ko Mateo Vaux, of the Draconis Combine
Jason Cabral, Cabral, Ghost Bear Warrior
Kashira Jack ‘Reverend’ Benner, Sonkei-suru Benner of the Draconis Combine
Rock of the Republic
Eric Kraaier
Jean-Jacques Labbé
Ed Miller
Stanislav Shimuk
Travis Sumpter
Jakapan Thunpithayakul
Jonathan Warrington
The Flames of Idlewind (Shrapnel #1)
Marc de Villasante Lahoz
Euan James
Ronald Ledwon
Daniel Leskov
Matthias Pfaff
Benjamin Tang
Divided We Fall
Michael Barber
Timothy Byrne
Felipe Cintron
John “Doc” Crouch
Tony Deegan
Jared Donner
Wes Frenz
Jürgen Frey
John Gaisano III
Ed Hatchel
Matthew Hinks
Hannes Hinterberger
Robert BJ Horncastle
Cal Hornstien
Garry Jackson
Alex Kaempen
Kristopher Tyson Koniczek
Andrew Krull
Wayne Ledbetter
Brianne Elizabeth Lyons
Joseph McEachern
Joshua McHugh
Roderick van Noorloos
William C. Pelcham
Lon Porter
Corey Riordan
Nicholas Roche
Andrew Roy
Patrick J. Saul
Sebastian Schröder
Kevin Seibert
Richard Skelton
Andrew Sternglass
Jason Tuttle
Matt Valgardson
Derek Weese
Jason Weiser
Scott Whyte
The Anvil
Moses Obadiah
Nicholas Tockert
David DiFranco
Eric Belcher
Clifford McKinney
Jeff Sockwell
Daryl Noonan
Jonathon Scott Schofield
Cord Awtry
Ryan James Broadhead
Ben Myers
Troy Lee Cowell
Krzysztof Krecislaw
Chad Parish
Jack Lafreniere
Joshua Bressel
Marcus Odekirk
Robert Ostrowski
Mark Havener
George Tholburn
Erik Helgeson
Winter Guite
Jukka-Emil Vanaja
Christopher Turco
Juan Ochoa Jr.
Steven Molen
Broccán Mac Rónáin
Kenyon Burguess
Dave Alsager
Forever Faithful
Benjamin Starkey
Av Paredes
Adam Mckern
Brian Blaney
Trixter Phillips
Alexander JW De Santis
Jamie Rife
Brandon Fisher
Andrew Gardenhire
Todd Farnholtz
Clint Woodall
Clifford McKinney
Adam Thompson
Ray Arrista
James McHenry
Patrick Finnegan
Oliver Kraft
Camille Klein
Shane Jaskowiak
Shawn Bruno
Colin Duffy
James Eyers Mclean Miller
Nathan Pelchat
Josh Ellis
Craig Gulledge
Peter Farland
Eric Eny
James Bixby
Thomas Lagemann
Craig Reed
Mike Lubowitzki
Devin Ramsey
Dustin Ballard
Jose Alvarez
Aaron Gregory
Bradley Proffitt
Dean Manning
Brian Chiasson
David Shell
Keegan Reid
Sam Snell
Alex Clarke
Redemption and Malice
Derek King
Gerry S. Xydis
Jack Halloran
Rules of Engagement – Released for the Kickstarter
Cymril Tseng, Star Commander of Clan Ghost Bear
Tai-i Adam Cunningham (Kaningamu) of the Draconis Combine
Tai-sa David Vivas, of the Draconis Combine
Tabor Heine, contributing for his daughter Charlotte Warrior of Clan Ghost Bear
Notes From The Bunker 