Editing The Founding of the Clans

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| name                = The Founding of the Clans (advertisment)
| type                = Novel trilogy (unfinished)
| author              = [[Randall N. Bills]]
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| publisher           = [[FanPro]] (German novels)<br />[[BattleCorps]]
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| year                = 2004 (Germany)<br />2007 (BattleCorps)
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| era                 = [[Star League era]], [[Succession Wars era]]
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| timeline            = 5 November [[2784]] - 9 June [[2815]] (unfinished)
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'''''The Founding of the Clans''''' is a (projected) trilogy of novels by [[Randall N. Bills]]. He wrote only the first two book though; the third part has not been written to date.

Centering on [[Andery Kerensky]], [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s younger son (and brother of [[Nicholas Kerensky]], who is considered the "father" of the Clans], the series describes [[Operation Exodus]], the [[Pentagon Civil War]], and the creation of the [[Clan]] society.

Although completed, the books were not initially published in their original language.<br />It has been speculated that this may have been because of [[FASA]] ceasing active operations in 2001, handing over the [[BattleTech]] IP to [[Wizkids]] who subsequently granted the license to [[FanPro]]. FanPro began to publish a line of entirely new BattleTech print novels in German from 2004 onwards, including translations of the first two ''Founding of the Clans'' novels in 2004 and 2006, respectively (and also the German translation of ''[[Fall from Grace]]'' which had also been a previously unpublished engish-language manuscript), but ceased further publications after a disagreement with [[InMediaRes]]/[[Catalyst Game Labs]] over the rights in 2008.

The first ''Founding of the Clans'' novel was later published as a serial via [[BattleCorps]]; the second remains unpublished in English so far. The third was never written:

{| class="wikitable"
!width="140"|German novel cover
!width="140"|German title
!width="140"|English title
|-valign="top"
|[[Image:ClangründerAbkehrCover.jpg|left|140px|Clangründer: Abkehr]]
|''[[Clangründer: Abkehr]]'' (''"Clan Founders: Breakaway"'')<br />FanPro, 2004
|''[[Fall from Glory]]''<br />BattleCorps, 2007)
|-valign="top"
|[[Image:ClangründerTraumCover.jpg|left|140px|Clangründer: Traum]]
|''[[Clangründer: Traum]]'' (''"Clan Founders: Dream"'')<br />FanPro, 2006
|''[[Visions of Rebirth]]'', announced but unpublished so far
|-valign="top"
|n/a
|''Clangründer: Bande'' (''"Clan Founders: Bonds"'')<br />announced but unpublished so far
|''[[Forging of Blood]]'', announced but unpublished so far
|}