The terrible mercenaries known as the Northwind Highlanders, headed by the redoubtable Major Loren Jaffray, are hired to capture a planet held by the elite Battletech warriors, who force them to take desperate action.
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By "viscardi"
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Ok. this story is well written and exciting but the plot is a hundred novels old! Let's start: first, they plan on attacking a clan world that should be garrisoned only by a PGC, but find out ,too late of course, that they have a front line unit on the planet, which also happened to Prince Davion in Lethal heritage and to the Black Thorns in DRT. Then they lose their ability to take off from the planet,what has happened to almost all units, mercenary and regular alike, everytime an assault is planed on the Battletech universe, then, like all the other books, one of the characters comes up with an uncanny way of saving the day. I'm not saying that the book is bad, just that the story is not as inventive as it may appear.
By S. Wrenn
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was my first book in the Battletech series and it got me hooked. The descriptions of actual battles are excellent. Blaine Lee Pardoe should definetly bring back the Northwind Highlanders in his next Battletech book. From what I gather this shows one of the few examples where the Inner Sphere works together instead of having internal strife. I also like the plan Jaffery comes up with; it shows imagination. I will definetly get all the books.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Ever wander what a real clash between two clans that really hate each other is? You will have a great taste when Smoke Jaguars and Nova Cats just ignore one of the great mercenary units of the Inner Sphere (Highlanders) to fight to the death. This book make you comprehend what fighting the clans in their own land is like: you have to use every trick in the book and in your brain, expend every breath of your men and women (until they die, of course), not to win, just to stay alive to maintain hope... although, against the clans, either you win or you die.
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Greatest BattleTech ever!!
This book is great! The war started at the beginning and ends at the end.It is just perfect!
Published on Jun 3 1999 by AxeSwords@aol.com
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Eat this, Clan Smoke Jaguar!
The Northwind Highlanders are some of the best mercinaries in the Inner Sphere. Now they've been hired by the Draconis Combine to attack the Combine's number one enemy, the... Read more
Published on Oct 11 1998
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One of the Best B-tech books out there!!!
If only it could get better.......
That's how I felt after reading highlander gambit. Loren Jaffray and the Highlanders were so deep and cool that I wanted more. Read more
Published on Jun 22 1998
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This is simply put, A great book.
I recomend this book to anyone who even remotely likes battletech. It is a great story and the plot and strategies used to the Northwind highlanders out of a jam. Read more
Published on Jun 14 1998
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An exellent novel that meets the Jaguar Fist first!!!!
This novel has good info of the workings of
one of the finest merc units around!!!
The Northwind Hilanders meet the Smoke
Jaguars on there own ground. Read more
one of the finest merc units around!!!
The Northwind Hilanders meet the Smoke
Jaguars on there own ground. Read more
Published on Sep 17 1997 by gunny@naxs.com
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Outgunned and outnumbered, they survive!
Pardoe has written another very good book in the Highlander series which began with "Highlander Gambit. Read more
Published on Aug 29 1997
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Being Clan does not make you Better!
Blaine Lee Pardoe has done what no other writer in the Battletech Universe has done. Beat the Smoke Jaguar Clan on their own ground and made them like it. Read more
Published on Mar 15 1997
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