Jason Schmetzer

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH... Former hauptmann Ronan Carlyle and his sister Isobel are soldiers without a nation. After their commanding officer left the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces entirely, the pair returned to Lyran space for reassignment. But their senior officer branded the remaining troops traitors and cashiered them, stranding hundreds of former LCAF soldiers and technicians. With nothing but a local salvage yard to their name, the Carlyle kids hit upon a way to at least get their people off-planet and back home. So, out of desperation, the Gray Death Legion is reborn. But soon, what was supposed to be a temporary mercenary unit turns into something entirely different...a real mercenary unit. THE TOUGH GO MERCENARY. Gray Death Rising chronicles the new Gray Death Legion's early missions. From their very first job-working for the same unit that kicked them out of the LCAF-to their next job off-planet, to their biggest mission yet, facing political intrigue and taking on the mantle of their famous great-grandfather's legacy on the planet of Pandora in a brand-new story. In the cutthroat mercenary world of the Inner Sphere, it takes more than a famous name to survive. Fortunately, Ronan and Bel have the training, intelligence, and most importantly, experience to carry their family's legacy into a new era. And collected here for the first time, read where it all begins...again.

FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine surges onward, waging wars that will decide the fate of the BattleMech-dominated future of the 31st century and beyond Follow a quest for quick cash that yields unusual Star League relics. Commiserate with an aging MechWarrior convinced he is cursed with the devil's luck-which is about to run out. Listen to the tale of how mercenary commander Ace Darwin obtained his iconic 'Mech-but how much of his story is true? Within these pages, you will visit Terra after the dawn of the ilClan era, venture into the postwar period of the Aurigan Coalition, and travel to the far-flung worlds of the Scorpion Empire in the Deep Periphery. Then you will dive into the intrigue and vice of Solaris VII in the beginning of a new, four-part serial novel. Choose your plan of attack with technical readouts, after-action reports, a deep dive into plasma technology, a treatise on covert-ops poisons, and a look at Free Worlds League politics, along with playable scenarios and more-all loaded into your autocannon by both BattleTech veterans and new voices from the Inner Sphere: Blaine Lee PardoeCraig A. Reed, Jr.E. Clark AveryJason SchmetzerJames BixbyM. W. HaydenMark HillDaniel IsbernerAlexander J. RothKen' HornerJames KirtleyWunji LauEric SalzmanJoel SteversonStephen Toropov

HEROES OF ALL STRIPESShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine celebrates bravery in all its forms on the triumphant, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of 31st century and beyond Witness the birth of a new mercenary command in the late Third Succession War, follow a combat medic tackling a precarious injury, learn the true meaning of loyalty during the FedCom Civil War, and track down pirates on a forgotten world in the Periphery. Then don your neurohelmet and push back against the enemy with technical readouts, ghost ship sightings, in-depth technology articles, unit digests, playable scenarios, and more-all from BattleTech veterans and a squad of new authors: Jason SchmetzerHarper BrandFaith McCloskyGiles GammageCharles GideonDavid RaziMarc FollinJames LeeAaron CahallMichael J. CiaravellaMatthew CrossKen' HornerCraig A. Reed, Jr.Eric SalzmanJoel SteversonStephen Toropov

ALL OR NOTHING...On 1 May 3052, twenty-five Galaxies from seven Clans clashed with twelve armies of ComStar's Com Guards on the pastoral planet of Tukayyid. For twenty-one days, one of the largest campaigns in BattleMech warfare unfolded to decide the fate of the Inner Sphere. The Battle of Tukayyid is one of BattleTech's most pivotal conflicts. Now, explore this crucial campaign through eight different points of view-from the enigmatic ComStar, whose relatively untested forces are the Inner Sphere's last defense against the seemingly unstoppable Clans, to each Clan, as their leaders and MechWarriors attempt to achieve victory on their own terms.The fate of the Inner Sphere hangs in the balance...and it all comes down to one planet...Featuring stories by: Jason SchmetzerMichael J. CiaravellaRandall N. BillsBlaine Lee PardoeSteven Mohan, Jr.Bryan YoungChris HusseyJoel Steverson

THE WAR RAGES ON Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine returns with more explosive BattleMech action from the 31st century Experience tales of hard-won survival from the gaming world of Solaris VII, the wilds of the Deep Periphery, and the annals of Clan history. Dive deep into in-depth technology articles, technical readouts, conspiracy theories, war-game and role-playing adventures, and more-all from veteran BattleTech authors, fan favorites, and our latest enlistees: Michael A. Stackpole - Jason SchmetzerMichael J. Ciaravella - Travis HeermannAlan Brundage - James SimakasJohn-David Karnitz - Aaron Cahall Matthew Cross - Daniel Isberner Alex Kaempen - Tom Stanley - Chris Wheeler

STRENGTH VS. HONORFor more than a decade, the Republic of the Sphere's army hid in silence behind the mysterious, impregnable Wall of Fortress Republic. But now the Wall has come down, and Paladin Max Ergen, commander of Operation Eruptio, has his sights set on an invaluable prize. His target: Dieron, a Draconis Combine military district capital, a former Republic world harboring secrets from past wars. His troops have spent years training in isolation behind the Wall, and they are hungry for battle, ready to remind the Inner Sphere that the wounded Republic is still a force to be reckoned with. But Dieron is also the fortress of Warlord Kambei Okamoto, one of the Combine's top military officials, and he and his Dieron Regulars are committed to holding the line and defending their home against Republic aggression, no matter the cost. Although the Republic may have surprise and numbers on their side, the Combine troops boast the strength of an impregnable redoubt-and the keen edge of their own unimpeachable honor. And when these two forces clash, the battle for Dieron will be a titanic one indeed...