On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best, how do you rate "Daughter of the Dragon"?

Ehh, Daughter of the Dragon was a big dissapointment for me. I'm sorry but a a light mech does NOT weigh 75 tons! There were a few cool parts, but the ending leaves one confused as to why House Kurita is trying to stop the DF in the game, plus a whole lot of boring stupid #### goes on during the book, and the few battles at the end don't make up for it. Plus there's all the sex and language that just seems shoved into the book without a point. All in all, if you want to know what goes on in DOTD, don't bother reading all of it, skim through and save youself some time.

I can say this book is #### because I myself am a writer and am able to fully see the flaws in her work. The author obviously doesn't know the universe well (even though she SUPPOSEDLY has written BT fiction online) and therefore is not succesful in pleasing most of the target audience (THE MOST major factor to consider when writing). She almost seems to try to make up for her faults by throwing in some sexual situations as well as graohic violence and language. Now, I will be the first to say that Sex, Violence and Language ALL have a place in literature, but only when done in their correct medium or when done tastefully and as a neccessity to the subject matter. In other words, sex and violence have their place in BT and in most instances work very well for the story (read the kerensky trilogy, for example) But DOTD just seems to have them both shoved into place to perhaps try to make up for the complete lack of accuracy and poor quality of the novel. Of course, they end up just making it worse. I will admit, some of the authors description was good and some of the characters (especially Andre Crawford) were well represented, but for the most part DOTD was a majorly boring and dissapointing addition to the MW fictional universe. Again, I highly suggest you skim the book in the bookstore to get the gist of the story, and move on. It's not worth your money.

Strong spirited talk there Deus Ex, but I've taken to heart what you had to say. Not that it matter though since I'll never see the book in my life, living in south africa and all...

As an amateur writer, and a fan of sci-fi, I found it to be a pleasant read. When compared to other works in the Dark Age series, it actually comes off as one of the better ones. As a casual fan of CBT, the supposed flaws don't bother me nearly as much. I was more focused on the characters, how they related, and what was going on in the universe. The scenes of sexuality--nothing even close to explicit--were interesting, but abrupt, and were noticeable simply because of their utter absence in all the other books. Despite protestations to the contrary, there are not very many scenes of sexuality, and the language was not noticeably bad.

The action was decent, but was was clearly not the focus of the book. The focus was on the characters and the politics. This is not the book you read if you like non-step mech-on-mech action. All in all, it took a very broadly scoped story and made it digestible, while successfully entertaining the audience. I've never been a fan of the Dragon's Fury, and couldn't care less about the Draconis Combine, but the development of Tormark and Crawford made me actually start to respect their characters a little. The villains, on the other hand, were a little too cookie-cutter, and their motivations too simple and transparent.

As for its relationship to what is happening in the actual game universe, I won't spoil the ending. However, it does fit quite perfectly with what appears to be happening...even the ending.

In relation to the other books in the series, I gave it an 8. In relation to sci-fi in general--as with most of the MWDA books--it comes in around a 5.