Katsuo Takeda: 11 books

Episode 4 : Face-to-Face Trapped in a sinkhole, Trip McElory comes face to face with the enemy known as the Otruk Orchid. Without their battle suits, Trip and the Orchid engage in a cat and mouse game of survival, each seeking the upper hand. But survival depends on the two sworn enemies putting...

Episode 2 : The Darkness Within The Otruk have launched a surprise attack against Foothold, the fortress city surrounding the tether point of the space elevator. Trip and his squad must now make an emergency descent to the surface to reinforce and defend Foothold from the onslaught of the Otruk,...

Episode 1 : To Touch the Ground In the year 2150, the human race found itself on the brink of extinction. Earth was overcrowded and resources depleted. Pollution was out of control. Then the alien race, the Otruk, arrived and brought radical new technologies with them. The orbiting space stations...

Episode 6 : Adaptation The Liberator sets forth from Foothold, crushing everything in its path; its destination the Otruk city of Macapa, on the coast. Trip's troubles piloting the prototype X-37 Reclaimer battlesuit continue as he tries to master the alien biology. Fearful for his safety,...

Episode 9 : Heresy The Otruk attempt a daring rescue to free Elise from the Liberator, forcing Trip to take sides and fight against his friends.

Episode 5 : Home, In Exile Trip returns to Foothold to find Ven and his crew have been merged with his old squad. Worse, Ven has been appointed as the new squad leader. As Trip comes to terms with this new predicament, Anuja confronts him about his mysterious ancestry and presents Trip with...

Episode 10 : The Monster Emerges Trip, Elise and Rodas continue their attempt to escape to Macapa, but Trip’s squad has been tasked to track them down. Trip and Elise’s feelings grow stronger for each other, but his feelings are hampered by the terrible guilt Trip feels over Silvy and Rodas’...

Episode 7 : Oubliette for an Orchid The Otruk attempt to neutralize Trip McElory, but in a reversal of fortune Elise, the Otruk Orchid, is captured. Trip is torn between his loyalty to the EDF and his squad and his obsession with Elise and knowing more about who the Otruk are and his own heritage....

Episode 8 : Orthodoxy Since Elise’s capture, Trip has strangely been permitted, encouraged even, to visit and spend time with her. Trip finds himself growing close to Elise and doesn’t know how to reconcile his feelings with the ongoing war. Tired of seeing her cooped up in a windowless...

Episode 3 : Seeking the Enemy Having successfully repulsed the Otruk assault against the fortress city Foothold, the EDF has now ordered a sweep of the jungle. The mobile missile platforms harassing the space elevator must be taken out so the EDF can continue the war effort. Trip's platoon...

ELISE Part I : Episodes 1-6 The first six episodes of Elise compiled into a single volume.