The Technocrat War, Book 3: Maelstrom

"Machinations" is the third and final book of a trilogy called "Technocrat War". However, despite being advertised as an Ultima book, it actually isn't one. The trilogy was created mainly as a way of promotion for the then soon-to-be released Ultima Online 2 and is based on its story, which after Ultima I has nothing more to do with the main series. It is ironical that while the trilogy was fully released, Ultima Online 2 never saw the light of the day. It was actually cancelled in March 2001, a month before the first book was published.

Nonetheless, the trilogy is a good story, if one doesn't think of it as an Ultima book and concentrates on the story itself.

The Book

 * Author: Austen Andrews
 * Released: 2002
 * Length: 400 pages
 * Original Retail Price: unknown

"Storm of Ages

As war ravages the time-torn world of Sosaria, the knights and wizards of New Britannia have joined the warlike Juka to invade the desert wastes of the Technocrats. To uncover the secret plot of the shadowy forces that control the carnage, an outlaw knight and a crafty Jukan veteran must challenge fierce enemies and their own ideas of honor, else the final battle could destroy all three nations and perhaps the very foundations of Sosaria itself."