DOMINIONS UNITED...?After taking the planet Yamarovka from the Draconis Combine, the Rasalhague Dominion’s Fourth Freemen, led by Star Colonel Allison Rand, head to Tarazed to carry out the next phase of their assault against the Dragon.Though some claim the Dominion has been reunited through the war effort, petty politics have roared back to life. Star Commanders Strider and Vespertine find their lives crashing back together when Rand assigns her to his St...

WHAT PRICE WILL YOU PAY?No matter how powerful a shadowrunner is, the darkness of the Sixth World always claims its due, whether that’s in a career, reputation, resources, or sometimes, a ’runner’s very life.These four novellas illustrate the costs of running the shadows in stark detail. A rising Urban Brawl star is forced into the shadows after being framed for fixing a game…and soon realizes there are much more dangerous games than his chosen sport. A low...

WAR BEGETS WAR!As the Civil War rages on across every system in the Rasalhague Dominion, Prince Hjalmer Miraborg looks for anything he can to unite a Dominion in chaos. That’s when he decides that an invasion of the Draconis Combine might just be the trick.Vespertine and Strider, separated after their fateful duel, seek transfers elsewhere and both find themselves on different fronts of this unifying war of convenience against the Combine, struggling to fin...

A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND…Originally released as four novellas, the collected edition of the Dominion Civil War series tells the story of two MechWarriors, Vespertine and Strider, as they navigate their unconventional relationship and their home planet tearing itself apart in the midst of a political firestorm. The vote called for to join or refuse entry into the Star League being created by the ilKhan, Alaric Ward, exposed the festering cracks in the grand expe...

FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL…Beset on all sides, Jiyi Chistu, Khan of Clan Jade Falcon, is struggling to keep his place in the crumbling Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. When Clan Hell’s Horses arrive on Sudeten to claim the planet, Jiyi is forced to defend it with everything he has in a battle that could mean the end of his people.But he cannot just hold his territory. Being cut off from the rest of the Inner Sphere is as much a death for his Clan as annihilation. To ta...

THE DAY THE STAR LEAGUE DIEDShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine brings you more BattleMech action from the war-torn 31st century and beyond! Celebrate Star League Day with tales of a long-abandoned ’Mech rediscovered and pressed into service, a quest for vengeance in enemy territory, the resurgence of old ghosts, and the threat of bitter betrayal in the face of long odds. Charge headlong into technical readouts, assassin conspiracies, in-depth equip...

A FUTURE FOR THE TAKING…As the last Bloodnamed Warrior left in the former Jade Falcon Occupation Zone, newly-elected Khan Jiyi Chistu has ’Mechs, but no MechWarriors—making it impossible to rebuild his Clan after the disaster on Terra. Meanwhile, despite being riven by the Dominion-wide vote on whether to join the new Star League or not, Star Colonel Emilio Hall’s Ghost Bears have a planet full of talented sibkos ready to graduate.When word of these sib...

A collection of the year's best fiction, poetry, and personal essays selected by the League of Utah Writers 2021 Writer of the Year, Caryn Larrinaga.Featuring twenty recipients of the Olive Woolley Burt Awards for Creative Writing: Kylie N. Birch, Tracey G. Boyle, Liz Christensen, Kevin Lane Dearinger, Denis Feehan, Greg R. Goodman, Amy Lynn Hardy, Aren K. Hatch, Lorraine Jeffery, McKel Jensen, Grace Diane Jessen, Rachelle Knapp, C. H. Lindsay, September Roberts, Joyce Schmid, Rufo...

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."- Ernest Hemingway
What does it mean to break, to fall, to fail, to suffer? When we emerge from life's trials, are we the same people we were before they began? In Strong at Broken Places, members from across the League of Utah Writers explore challenges and adversity, illuminating the hope, joy, and triumph of finding strength in the choices we make.Featuring fiction, poetry, a...

DIVIDED WE FALL!As results of the vote to join the Star League spread, so does the discontent across the Rasalhague Dominion. On Grumium, Star Commanders Vespertine and Strider are tasked with defending the planet’s government centers and vital infrastructure from the populace’s rising anger over the results.But hard lines are being drawn, and despite their relationship, Vespertine and Strider find themselves on opposite sides of that line. Where will they ...

A NEW BEGINNING…Hank Mallory runs the Wolfhounds, an elite, self-sufficient company of the fabled Kell Hounds mercenary unit. But when Callandre Kell gives the order for the Hounds to scatter in the wake of vicious attacks from the Jade Falcons, Mallory and his unit must transform overnight into a brand-new unit or risk being hunted down themselves.Naturally, they head to the Mercenary’s Star, Galatea, to eradicate their previous identity and do whatever it...

Celebrate the nerdiest friend group with this ultimate fan guide packed with trivia, facts, and memories from all twelve seasons of The Big Bang Theory.With more than 100 inventive lists, charts, and timelines, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists offers fans a creative way of looking at and celebrating the iconic and beloved early 2000s sitcom. Revisit some of your favorite moments, pairings, cameos, and geeky references (or test your super-fan know...