MechWarrior: Dark Age novels is a 18-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Michael A. Stackpole, Loren L. Coleman, Robert E. Vardeman, Martin Delrio, J. Steven York, Victor Milán, Randall N. Bills, Ilsa J. Bick, J.M. Hardy, Kevin Killiany, and Blaine Lee Pardoe.