<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157975.msg7681380#msg7681380">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 06-02-2013, 16:52:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EDIT: In other news, I've finally gotten to the Twilight of the Clans books. First three were good, ending of Book 3 caught me totally by surprise, and then I'm all like "dammit who let Thurston out of the basement, this is a Jade Falcon story, not a TotC story". At least Joanna was only in it for one chapter. But now I get more Gressman and Stackpole, so I'm happy.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I've never been able to quite figure out<em>Freebirth</em>. Near as I can tell, it was a "filler" novel to bulk out the series or because Thurston was under contract or the like. Otherwise, it's got nothing to do with the rest of the series and can be skipped without affecting the overall plot.<br/><br/>With that being said, I have an odd relationship with Thurston. I like his characters... just not when he writes them. Yes, that includes Joanna. And while he's pretty crap, he's not the worst writer ever to grace a<em>Battletech</em>novel<br/>