The Art of War

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The Art of War
Product information
Type Short story/Serial
Author Phaedra M. Weldon
Pages 213
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Publisher BattleCorps
First published 8 February 2005 - 14 August 2007
Content
Era Clan Invasion era
Timeline 26 September-12 November 3060

The Art of War is a multi-part story by Phaedra M. Weldon divided into five "books", published online on BattleCorps in altogether ten parts.

Plot summary

Book 1: Moral Law

Part 1

published 8 February 2005
Isis Marik, daughter to the Captain General of the Free Worlds League, lost and hunted. This new serial by Phaedra M. Weldon starts the tale of Isis.

Infantryman Li Wynn of Warrior House Hiritsu has just rescued Duchess Isis Marik from an attack by the Blackwind Lancers during a visit to Hustaing, by escaping in a hijacked bread delivery truck. It turns out the Lancers hoped to kill or capture Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao who was not actually in the limousine.

When troops stop the truck, Li Wynn surrenders, enabling Isis to sneak away pretending to have been a hostage to Sgt. Richardson. However, her purse is found, revealing her identity and sparking a search as she is almost as valuable as a captive as her fiancé. Isis runs and escapes immediate pursuit with the help of two local women, Jade Hollister and April Torsten.

Part 2

published 5 April 2005
Far from being the Belle of the Ball, Isis Marik, one time heir to the FWL & Betrothed to the Celestial Wisdom, now hides on a world invaded by renegade forces.

With April captured by the soldiers, Jade and an injured Isis drive to the daycare to pick up April's daughter. Richardson makes April call them on Jade's cell phone and informs Isis who takes the call that he knows where they are, and is holding April and Jade's brother David captive. The daycare turns out to be surrounded by 'Mechs, tanks and soldiers. Isis can persuade Jade not to hand her over to the soldiers, and also realizes that the Blackwind Lancers desperately need to capture her as a hostage lest their attack on Hustaing will invite a retaliation attack against the St. Ives Compact from the Capellan Confederation—something Sun-Tzu Liao is just looking for an excuse to do. Jade suggests Isis may have been set up, but Isis refuses to believe it.

An attempt to rescue April's daughter from the daycare fails when a soldier finds Isis in the parked car. Isis flees in the sedan, but subsequently comes under fire from two tank teams.

Part 3

published 19 June 2005
Phaedra Weldon brings us the continuing story of Isis Marik and her run from the Blackwind Lancers.

Jade was arrested but no sign is found of Isis after the sedan was shot off a bridge and crashed into the river. She has actually survived the crash, albeit suffering more injury, and ends up in the living room of some residents, barely concious.

Captain Warner Doles assigns Richardson to finding Isis at all costs, as the Blackwind Lancers have little chance to leave the planet alive without her as hostage. He coerces Jade to recruit her brother and help him find Isis.

Meanwhile, Aris Sung of Warrior House Hiritsu receives unofficial permission from Ty Wu Non to find and rescue Isis on his own.

Book 2: Heaven

Part 1

published 24 August 2005
Hunted by both the Blackwind Lancers and her Capellan protectors, Isis Marik has vanished! Phaedra Weldon now returns us to Hustaing for the next stage in the adventures of a princess in trouble way over her head.

Part 2

published 19 January 2006
CAPTURED! Isis is taken once again. Once more, her destiny seems written for her, can this Princess find her way? Story by Phaedra Weldon.

Book 3: Earth

Part 1

published 20 June 2006
"Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes." These factors are foremost on Isis Marik's mind, as the saga of her run from the Blackwind Lancers continues.

Part 2

published 24 July 2007
Aris Sung does not lose. But Isis Marik's captors are threatening to prove him wrong; the Fan K'uei are doing a very good job of blocking his way. In order to rescue Isis from her captors, Aris will need to take chances with life and death...

Book 4: Commander

Part 1

published 27 July 2007
Aris Sung has no choice but to trust in Richardson and his good graces, not if he wants to rescue Isis Marik from her captors. But he knows that Richardson will betray him at the earliest possible opportunity, knows that Richardson will try to kidnap Isis for his own purposes. But Richardson isn't the only one engaging in behind-the-scenes deals; the gang holding Isis has allies. Rescuing her will be harder than Aris had thought...

Part 2

published 31 July 2007
So far, everything has gone to Force Leader Richardson's plan. Even the gangs are keeping their hands off, as promised. But two dead guards provide proof positive that at least one kink has worked its way into the plan. It's not Aris Sung's handiwork—it can't be. So who else has joined the party... and what other roadblocks will they throw in Richardson's way?

Book 5: Method and Discipline

published 14 August 2007
Seven weeks is all Isis Marik spent on Hustaing. But for Isis, those seven weeks were a lifetime. She's finally leaving, returning to Sian in Aris Sung's company. But even though she's able to leave that hell behind, in many ways it will remain with her forever.

Nor is Isis the only Capellan haunted by ghosts of Hustaing...

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