UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF A LOST WORLD. Interstellar explorer and freelance treasure hunter Dr. Brooklyn Stevens has made the find of a lifetime-an entire planet thought lost for centuries. Jardine was supposedly wiped off the maps of the Inner Sphere during the hard-fought Succession Wars, but the verdant forested world she and her adventuring partner just crash-landed on tells a much different story. And so do its inhabitants. Dr. Stevens and her partner soon find themselves between two very different groups: one whose members are an unholy amalgamation of man and machine, the other a hardy group that lives off the land. Both groups are soon after Stevens and her knowledge about Jardine-one side to protect the planet from those that would seek to reclaim it, the other intent on killing anyone who knows of its existence. Caught between both sides, Brooklyn must uncover the mysteries of Jardine.and stay alive long enough to tell the universe about it.

BattleTech: Finding Jardine (Forgotten Worlds, Part Two) - BattleTech Novella, #26

THE STRUGGLE FOR BATTLEMECH SUPREMACY CONTINUES... Prometheus Unbound is the second of six BattleTech novellas detailing the struggle to create the next awesome weapon to rule the battlefield-the BattleMech. Fifteen years after the Terran Hegemony fielded the Mackie, the very first BattleMech, the Great House has been running rampant over the other Houses in the Inner Sphere. Any who try to fight the Terrans and their death machines are utterly defeated. but there are other ways to level the battlefield... And the Lyran Commonwealth is about to employ one of the oldest strategies in the book: if you can't beat 'em, steal from 'em. A crack commando unit is assigned their most perilous mission yet: infiltrate a heavily-defended Terran world and steal the plans for the Terran BattleMechs. Besides the odds being stacked against the, the leader of this team has his own demon to deal with-one that stands twelve meters tall, and shakes the ground when it walks...

BattleTech: Prometheus Unbound (Proliferation Cycle #2) - BattleTech Novella

LOST IN THE FIRES OF WAR.Freelance explorer Dr. Brooklyn Stevens made her career finding lost artifacts from Inner Sphere history, but a job offered by the academic organization known as Interstellar Expeditions gives her a chance at the find of a lifetime: a missing planet, one lost in the ravages of the brutal Succession Wars. But the world of Jardine did not die in planet-scouring fire.it was entirely erased from stellar maps-and Brooke's employer wants to know why. But someone wants this planet to remain hidden-and will go to any length to ensure that Brooke's quest ends in tragedy. SHROUDED IN SECRETS.But when she finds the long-lost planet of Jardine, Brooklyn finds more than she bargained for-a lot more. She and her partner soon find themselves between two very different groups: one whose members are an unholy amalgamation of man and machine, the other a hardy village of natives that live off the land. Both groups are soon after Stevens and her knowledge of Jardine-one side to protect the planet from those that seeking to reclaim it, the other intent on killing anyone who knows of its existence. Caught between both factions, Brooklyn must uncover the mysteries of Jardine.and stay alive long enough to tell the universe about it.

BattleTech: The Quest for Jardine (A Forgotten Worlds Collection) - BattleTech

SHE FOUND THE LOST PLANET.Intrepid interstellar explorer Brooke Stevens has seen many strange and unique sights in her lifetime, but this one may be the most incredible one of all. Tasked by the organization Interstellar Explorations to locate an entire world, she located the previously "lost" planet of Jardine. BUT WILL SHE LIVE TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT?Once there, however, she stumbles upon a powerful ComStar faction, the Word of Blake, that will do anything to keep Jardine's location a secret-including terminating any outsiders with knowledge of their concealed base. Now Brooke and what's left of her team-a taciturn tech and a native of Jardine whose tribe was wiped out by brutal Manei Domeni cyborgs-must brave the hazards of the jungle planet and journey to the heart of the Word of Blake's operations in hopes of finding a way off the planet.before their relentless enemies bury them on it.

BattleTech: Escape from Jardine (Forgotten Worlds, Part Three) - BattleTech, #115

COMBAT, HONOR, BETRAYAL, DEATHA man scrabbles to find the BattleMech that will make his fortune. A deadly tank gunner ponders the cost of his calling. An iconic battalion fights its last battle. And in the Deep Periphery, desperate stirrings of horrible weapons breed rumor and betrayal.Sixteen stories of combat, honor, betrayal and death fill the pages of Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology Volume 3. Savvy readers will recognize now-familiar names in BattleTech lore among the authors: Steven Mohan, Jr., Kevin Killiany, Phaedra Weldon, Jason Schmetzer, Ben Rome and Herbert Beas. These writers have shaped the direction of the BattleTech universe; in 2006, with these stories, they were exploring the freedom they'd earned to do just that.

BattleTech: Weapons Free - BattleCorps Anthology, #3

BURIED IN THE ASHES OF WAR.Freelance explorer and treasure hunter Dr. Brooklyn Stevens has made her career finding lost artifacts from Inner Sphere history, but during the waning days of the FedCom Civil War, a job offered by the academic organization known as Interstellar Expeditions affords her the chance to pursue the find of a lifetime: a missing planet, one lost in the ravages of the brutal Succession Wars. But the world of Jardine did not only die in fire-it was erased from stellar maps entirely, and Brooke's employer wants to know why. She must hunt down the only known link to this forgotten world: a dangerous predator native to Jardine, whose initial discoverer was silenced under mysterious circumstances. Someone wants this planet to remain buried-and they will go to any lengths to ensure that Brooke's quest to uncover the truth of Jardine's disappearance ends in tragedy.

BattleTech: The Hunt for Jardine (Forgotten Worlds, Part One) - BattleTech Novella

THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE. In the 25th century, humankind is locked in a seemingly endless cycle of warfare as each of the Great Houses seeks to expand their holdings at the cost of the others. But in 2438, the Terran Hegemony perfects a battle system unlike anything seen in combat before-the Mackie, the very first BattleMech. With it, the Hegemony quickly reigns supreme on the battlefield. The Mackie's arrival sets off a desperate arms race among the Great Houses, each desperate to possess the BattleMech's secrets. Some houses will use military force to steal them, others resort to stealthy espionage teams to infiltrate highly secured BattleMech facilities. Still other Houses will use diplomacy, or even corporate espionage to get their hands on the coveted plans or the men and women who can build a BattleMech. Now, collected for the first time, stories by celebrated BattleTech authors Ilsa J. Bick, Herbert A. Beas II, Christoffer Trossen, Randall N. Bills, Chris Hartford and Jason M. Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, and Blaine Lee Pardoe-who wrote a brand-new novella about the creation of the Coyotl, the first OmniMech-tell how BattleMechs were invented in one complete volume. Welcome to The Proliferation Cycle.

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