<s>
MechWarrior	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
an	O
ongoing	O
series	O
of	O
novels	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
Universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
WizKids	B-Application
and	O
has	O
a	O
companion	O
game	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
(	O
and	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
MechWarrior	O
:	O
Age	O
of	O
Destruction	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dark	O
Age	O
series	O
of	O
books	O
is	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
re-launch	O
of	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
book	O
franchise	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
easy	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
new	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
FASA	O
Corporation	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
publishing	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
BattleTech	B-Application
novel	O
series	O
came	O
to	O
an	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
WizKids	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
Franchise	O
(	O
re-christened	O
as	O
MechWarrior	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
approached	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
established	O
BattleTech	B-Application
authors	O
including	O
Randall	O
N	O
.	O
Bills	O
and	O
Michael	O
A	O
.	O
Stackpole	O
to	O
resurrect	O
the	O
novel	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WizKids	B-Application
re-launched	O
the	O
book	O
series	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
miniatures	O
game	O
as	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
Catalyst	O
Game	O
Labs	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
publish	O
novels	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
universe	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
new	O
material	O
for	O
both	O
Classic-era	O
BattleTech	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
MechWarrior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Catalyst	O
again	O
revised	O
the	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
novels	O
to	O
be	O
Fall	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
is	O
being	O
renamed	O
to	O
BattleTech	B-Application
:	O
Dark	O
Age	O
to	O
unify	O
the	O
brand	O
under	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2008	O
the	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
series	O
comprises	O
30	O
novels	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
Michael	O
A	O
.	O
Stackpole	O
's	O
Ghost	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classic	O
BattleTech	B-Application
authors	O
returning	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
series	O
include	O
Stackpole	O
,	O
Coleman	O
,	O
Randal	O
N	O
.	O
Bills	O
,	O
and	O
Blaine	O
Lee	O
Pardoe	O
.	O
</s>
