Esta novela narra las aventuras de Minobu Tetsuhara, un MechWarrior del Condominio Draconis que ha adoptado las normas de vida de los samuráis, trasplantadas al siglo XXXI, y rige su conducta por el bushido. Este es un código que engloba los conceptos de vida, muerte, honor y lealtad. En un nefasto momento de su carrera, Minobu cae en desgracia ante sus superiores, quienes lo destinan a una unidad mercenaria. Allí descubre que entre los soldados a sueldo puede existir más honor y solidaridad que entre los supuestamente virtuosos guerreros del reino, y, cuando sus superiores le exigen que traicione a los mercenarios, su espíritu se sentirá dividido entre sus dos lealtades: los Dragones de Wolf y el Condominio. Lobos en la frontera es otro sugestivo título de la serie BattleTech que nos transporta al belicoso y despiadado universo de los grandes robots guerreros.

I'm generally interested in BT for the Clans and their psycho-culture. The 3025 and Succession War campaigns generally are just grist for the Kerensky mill for me (i.e. this is why you needed Operation Revival).

That being said, Charrette's depiction of Minobu Tetsuhara is deceptively good. The novel isn't really about Wolf's Dragoons. It's actually a really good take on the noblest of Inner Sphere warriors set against the Game of Thrones style politics of the Successor Lords and pretenders. Even when you know how the book will end, it's still a very compelling read and develops so much of the DCMS culture beyond the otaku-ness of Stackpole's novels. ( )

This is not the best Battletech novel I've ever read. By and large, the story revolves around a single competent Draconis Combine warrior (samurai) and his bumbling superior officers.

As plainly stupid as the other officers of the Draconis Combine apparently are, the Draconis Combine is still a Successor State to be reckoned with, although I'm not sure how. Wolf's Dragoons are finagled into working for them and then being set up by them to look like idiots and traitors. Exactly why the Combine hires them and then does this is never really made clear.

In the end, the good samurai chooses his "honor" instead of standing up to his inferior superiors - a little bit of a yawner. ( )