In the not distant future the world hasn't changed so much - men and women still fall in love, laugh, and sip wine - but some have changed, some will live forever as retreads, old souls implanted surgically in the empty bodies of the young.Voss Geraghty is a retread, a retiring government researcher who has been rewarded with a new body. What he wants out of his new life is fun, sex, and adventure, what he finds is disappointment.But there's a growing radical underground th...

This early work by Robert Thurston Hopkins and Forbes Phillips was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'War and the Weird' is a novel about strange occurrences on the front lines of the Great War. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the wor...

"This is the moment of truth. The moment we create in our minds, here is the time to make manifest our dreams and our goals. At this moment, we will decide how we are remembered. warriors, wizards, kings, or be not remembered at all..."- Raheem.

BATTLE IS IN THE BLOOD...As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior—even those who are freeborn. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete f...

A LAST CHANCE FOR HONOR...For years, Star Commander Joanna has had to live with the shame of the Jade Falcon defeat at Twycross, and the nightmares of the heroic Aidan Pryde flaunting his bloodname in her face.Now, with the arrival of the new Star Colonel Ravill Pryde, who will lead them against the Wolf Clan, Joanna must once again fight for her chance to recapture the glory of her victory at Tukayyid. But will her advanced age bring her to defeat again, or will being a Ja...

The Incredible Life Of Willie Sharp Act 2Saved By John The Pope Once again, we find ourselves on the magical streets of North Oakland California, where everything is not what it seems. We follow John Mungu a young brother whose life was upended by the tragic death of his father. Come travel with us as young John struggles on his adventure to get clean from addiction. Cue our favorite whimsical wizard, Mr. Willie Sharp a.k.a "Salamander," who guides the young warrior to his place of redempt...

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was accused, and what was the role of magic in the hunts? This important reassessment of witch panics and persecutions in Europeand colonial America both challenges and enhances existing interpretations of the phenomenon. Locating its origins 400 year...

THE BIGGER THEY ARE...Resourceful, ruthless, beautiful, apparently without fear, Scout Lieutenant Cassie Suthorn of Camacho's Caballeros is as consummately lethal as the giant BattleMechs she lives to hunt. Only one other person in the freewheeling mercenary regiment has a hint of the demons that drive her.THE HARDER THEY FALL...When the Caballeros sign on to guard Coordinator Theodore Kurita's corporate-mogul cousin in the heart of...

DEAD RIGHT THEREJeremiah Rose and the Black Thorns, flush with their success against the Jade Falcons on Borghese, head to Harlech to draw a new assignment. Their only requirement: the new job must let them face off against the Clans.They find more than they bargained for. Their assignment: Garrison duty on Wolcott—a Kurita planet deep in the heart of the Clan Smoke Jaguar occupation zone. Wolcott is besieged, but protected from further Clan aggression by the Clan code of h...

TO KEEP THE PEACE...Along with the throne of the Federated Commonwealth, Prince Victor Steiner-Davion inherited a number of problems. Foremost among them is the Clans' threat to the peace of the Inner Sphere—and his treacherous sister who wants to supplant him. The expected demise of Joshua Marik—heir to the Free Worlds League, whose very presence maintained peace—also endangers harmony. Victor's plan is to use a double for Joshua, a necessary deception to prevent ...

NOWHERE TO TURN...The enigmatic Draconis Combine industrialist "Uncle Chandy" Kurita owns property on planet Towne. Upon hearing news of the secret Black Dragon Society's plans to invade, Uncle Chandy dispatches Cassie Suthorn and Camacho's Caballeros to protect his holdings there and organize the local militia to defend against the anticipated attack.To the Caballeros' surprise, Towne has become a faction-ridden shambles. The populace rejects all outside i...

LIFE, DEATH, HONOR, FEALTY.Bushido is the warrior code that governs all these concepts. As a MechWarrior of the Draconis Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara is bound by it, a code that demands loyal service to the devious Warlord Grieg Samsonov.When Minobu came upon a strange blue and gold Archer, the field littered with its vanquished opponents, and its weapons empty, bushido dictated that he not destroy an honorable but helpless warrior.