Wayne Pillion wrote :   

Wish i could have read the first series first, but they havn't been reprinted,
and i have yet to find a library that carries them <sigh>.  From having
read most of Stackpole's other books, both Phelen and Kai have *far* surpassed
what their fathers were capable of and have become legands in their own rights.

     Whilst Kai has *far* outsurpassed his father, I was referring to 
Phelon's uncle Morgan. Phelon's father was an excellent mechwarrior 
but Phelon is undoubtably better. No-one ( unconditional no-one! ) 
will ever reach the standards of the great Morgan Kell. Only Yorinaga 
Kurita came even remotely close and it took him 20 years of retreat 
and meditation and even that wasn't enough.
    Kai and Phelon are both excellent warriors, with Kai the more 
skilled and natural ( pity about the self doubts! ), but neither are 
even close to the class of Morgan Kell.
 
Martin








 
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