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...

THE ONLY THING LEFT IS VENGEANCE…Dispossessed in the Battle of Tukayyid, former Com Guard soldier Jeremiah Rose wants nothing more than to strike back at the Clans who destroyed his ’Mech and his career. Dreams of swift vengeance turn to nightmares when every effort he makes to rejoin the fight to protect the citizens of the Inner Sphere is rejected.Forced to win a new BattleMech by fighting on the game world of Solaris VII, Rose recruits other soldiers fro...

Inside a high-security BSL-4 laboratory, a young physician–biochemist works in silence, sealed inside a protective suit designed to keep death at bay. Sweat runs down his spine—not from heat, but from fear. When the work is finished, he stares at two glass containers resting in a reinforced case. They look harmless. Almost beautiful. He knows better. My God, he thinks. What have I done? Thousands of miles away, Zoey, Kris, Samantha, and Lindsay—four friends in their twenties—are celebratin...

Create simple, sustainable, and affordable bentwood projects to beautify your yard.Nothing combines natural beauty and functionality more gracefully than a rustic bentwood trellis, arbor, gate, or fence for your outdoor space. With clear illustrated step-by-step instructions you'll learn how to collect limbs from a wide variety of native trees as a part of routine pruning and then use those limbs to make beautiful, sturdy bentwood projects. A list of vining plants ...

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 FINAL SHOWDOWN...In 2786, the elite Star League Army fled the Inner Sphere, abandoning the senseless bloodshed ordered by the Successor Lords. Now, almost three hundred years later, the Clans, heirs of the Star League Army, turn their eyes back upon their former home. Nothing will stop them from raising the Star League banner over Earth once again.For two years, the Clans’ lethal BattleMechs have overwhelmed the armies of the corrupt Successor Lords. Now, at the gates o...

THE PRICE OF HONOR...Truebirth: Born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan's fearsome BattleMech war machines.Freebirth: Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their truebirth superiors. Depised for their imperfections, they fight where and when their Clan commands.Aidan has failed his Trial of Position, the ranking test all trueb...

In the 31st century, the BattleMech is the ultimate war machine. Thirty meters tall, and vaguely, menacingly man-shaped, it is an unstoppable engine of destruction.In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors. The result of generations of controlled breeding, Clan Warriors pilot their BattleMechs like no others.In the 31st century, Aidan aspires to be a Warrior of Clan Jade Falcon. To win the right to join his Clan in battle, he must succeed in trials that will ...

"Authorized to sacrifice your personal honor..."With these words, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao dispatched Death Commando Loren Jaffray to the planet Northwind. His mission: to singlehandedly destroy the elite Northwind Highlanders, the mercenaries who abandoned the Capellans in their hour of need thirty years earlier. As the grandson of famous Highlander warriors, Jaffray is the perfect instrument to exact Sun-Tzu's revenge. He can win the mercenaries' trust, then divide them f...

The Succession Wars.The Marik Civil War.The War of '39.The Clan Invasion.Wolf's Dragoons were victorious in them all.For fifty years, the five mercenary regiments of Wolf's Dragoons have been the toughest MechWarriors in the Inner Sphere. Whatever the job, whatever the odds, Jaime Wolf's Dragoons always won.Now an aging Colonel Wolf faces the biggest challenge of his career. And the enemy is not an Inner Sphere Lord or a Clan Khan, but a rebe...

A DANGEROUS NEW ENEMY APPROACHES…Two decades after the events that nearly brought the Successor States to the brink of all-out war, the Great Houses exist in an uneasy peace.But now, from out beyond the Periphery comes a new threat. A swift-moving military force of unknown origin.Nothing the Inner Sphere has can stop them. Their power, speed, and ferocity are unparalleled. Some of the finest warriors and ablest units have challenged them and been cr...

AN UNEASY TRUCE…The Clan Invasion has halted in an uneasy peace. Sporadic Clan incursions into Inner Sphere territory supply mercenaries like the Kell Hounds with more work than they can handle, while border raids sharply divide the Federated Commonwealth's political factions, bringing further instability to the realm standing between Clan's goals and anarchy.And while secret ambitions drive plans to rip the Commonwealth apart, Khan Phelan Ward and Prince V...