The Mandalorian Armor

The Mandalorian Armor is the first novel in The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy, written by K.W. Jeter and published in June 1998 by Bantam Spectra.

Editions

 * ISBN 0553578855; June 1998, Bantam Spectra, 387-page paperback
 * ISBN 8372455341; 2001, Amber, 288-page Polish paperback (Wojny Łowców Nagród: Mandaloriańska Zbroja)
 * ISBN 3453199138; December 2001, Heyne-Verlag, 384-page German paperback (Der Kopfgeldjägerkrieg - Band 1: Die Mandalorianische Rüstung)
 * ISBN 5699113037; April 2005, Eksmo, 384-page Russian book (Войны охотников за головами I: Мандалорский доспех)

Publisher's summary
''He's the most feared and successful bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is Boba Fett, and even the most hardened criminals tremble at his name. Now he faces the deadliest challenge of his infamous career—an all-out war against his most dangerous enemies.''

''As the Rebellion gathers force, Prince Xizor proposes a cunning plan to the Emperor and Darth Vader: smash the power of the Bounty Hunters Guild by turning its members against each other. Only the strongest and most ruthless will survive, and they can be used against the Rebellion. It's a job for the fiercely independent Boba Fett, who jumps at the chance to destroy his rivals. But Fett soon realizes the game is rigged, as he finds himself the target of murderous factions, criminal conspiracies, and the evil at the Empire's dark heart. Boba Fett has always finished first. And in this game, anything less is death.''

Synopsis
The book mainly talks about the web in which Boba Fett is trapped. The book flashes back and forth from shortly after Jabba the Hutt's barge is destroyed to when the Bounty Hunters Guild still existed.

This book is set during the events of Return of the Jedi. It begins with Dengar rescuing Boba Fett after he has blown his way out of the Sarlaac Pit. Boba Fett is nearly dead and the Jawas have already scavanged the sail barge wreakage for parts. While Dengar moves Fett to a cave for shelter the book flashes back to bewteen A New Hope and The Empire Strikes back to a period where Boba Fett is a freelance bounty hunter at odds with the Bounty Hunters Guild.

There is a glimps at how Bossk and Zuckuss work together and it hints at their ineffectiveness and blames that ineffectiveness on the nature of the guild. Through an intermediary Fett often works with he is contracted to join the guild and try to break it up. Fett has long been courted by the guild and factions immediately form to try to win him to their side.

We learn that the contract for fett to break up the guild is an idea spawned by Xizor. Vader explains his distrust of Xizor to the Emperor but the Emperor goes throug with the plan.

Creatures

 * Womp rat
 * Trufflite
 * Sarlacc
 * Felinx
 * Rancor
 * Dewback
 * Nerf
 * Dantooinian garfish
 * Barve
 * Nirellian ground slug
 * Bantha
 * Mimbrane organism

Droid models

 * Medical droid
 * Assassin droid
 * Customs-inspection droid
 * Rehab droid
 * Inert-screen load shifter

Events

 * Skirmish at Carkoon
 * Clone Wars

Individuals

 * 1e-XE
 * SH∑1-B
 * Anonymous Q'nithian Aeropteryx
 * Balancesheet
 * Bossk
 * Boushh
 * Calculator
 * Chewbacca
 * Cradossk
 * D/Crypt technician
 * Dengar
 * D'harhan
 * Oph Nar Dinnid
 * Docker
 * Fenald
 * Boba Fett
 * Bib Fortuna
 * Ob Fortuna
 * Gheeta
 * Big Gizz
 * Emd Grahvess
 * Vol Hamame
 * Handler
 * Identifier
 * IG-88
 * Jabba's rancor
 * Kuat of Kuat
 * Owen Lars
 * Beru Lars
 * Lookout
 * Manaroo
 * Kud'ar Mub'at
 * Neelah
 * Nullada
 * Oola
 * Leia Organa
 * Emperor Palpatine
 * Phedroi
 * Nil Posondum
 * Codeq Santhananan
 * Signaler
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Spiker
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Darth Vader
 * Tonnika sisters
 * Wuher
 * Prince Xizor
 * Zuckuss

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Tusken Raider
 * Jawa
 * Aruzan
 * Wookiee
 * Twi'lek
 * Trandoshan
 * Gand
 * Assembler
 * Subassembly
 * Falleen
 * Lyunesi
 * Gamorrean
 * Hutt
 * Garbage rat
 * Q'nithian Aeropteryx
 * Kiffar

Locations

 * Tatooine
 * Dune Sea
 * Great Pit of Carkoon
 * Mos Eisley
 * Mos Eisley Cantina
 * Jabba's Palace
 * Lars Homestead
 * Kuat
 * Ryloth
 * Trandosha
 * Vinnax system
 * Coruscant
 * Imperial City
 * Falleen
 * Ryoone
 * Narrant system
 * Circumtore

Organizations and titles

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Black Sun
 * Bounty Hunters Guild
 * D/Crypt Information Services
 * Fhnark & Company Exotic Foodstuffs
 * Galactic Empire
 * Emperor
 * Imperial Navy
 * Stormtrooper Corps
 * Stormtrooper
 * Galactic Republic
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Master
 * Jedi Knight
 * Kuat Drive Yards
 * Liege-lord
 * MandalMotors
 * Mandalorian
 * Order of the Sith
 * Dark Lord of the Sith
 * Shell Hutts
 * Trans-Galactic Gaming Enterprises Corporation
 * Trans-Zone Development and Exploitation Consortium

Vehicles and vessels

 * Bantha-II cargo skiff
 * Death Star I
 * Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
 * Slave I
 * Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
 * Devastator
 * JumpMaster 5000
 * Punishing One
 * Luxury sail barge
 * Khetanna
 * Sandcrawler
 * Shuttle
 * Utility shuttle
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * Speeder
 * StarViper-class attack platform
 * Virago
 * Swoop
 * YV-666 light freighter
 * Hound's Tooth
 * YT-1300
 * Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster
 * Scythe-staff
 * Dur-24 wrist laser
 * ZX miniature flame projector
 * Thermal detonator
 * EE-3 carbine rifle
 * Pikestaff
 * Gaderffii
 * Rocket launcher
 * Atmospheric phase-change detonator
 * Imperial-class M-12 sweep bomb
 * Battle-glove
 * Womp-rat trap
 * Electrobinoculars
 * Hyperspace messenger pod
 * Chronometer
 * Nanosporoid
 * Identity probe
 * Holoprojector
 * Flimsiplast
 * Memory augmentor
 * IV tap
 * Repulsorlift
 * Short-distance location beacon

Miscellanea

 * Plastoid
 * Sorderian weftfabric
 * Skefka
 * Corellian scavenge rat
 * Idiot thrift
 * Threndrian snareflower
 * Gerinian star-stone
 * Bounty Hunters' Creed
 * Durasteel
 * Alpha Point Zero

Cover gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of The Mandalorian Armor.

Die Mandalorianische Rüstung Мандалорский доспех (роман)