BattleTech The Mercenary Life
BattleTech The Mercenary Life by Randall N. Bills is a collection of short stories published by Amazon Digital Services LLC on April 14, 2021. This edition comprises 268 pages and is presented in English. The anthology features a range of characters, including Nikolai Reed, a trader on a Lyran JumpShip, and Chloe Mason, a tech with the Hsien Hotheads mercenaries. The narratives explore their interconnected lives as they navigate love, friendship, and loss across various worlds, all while pursuing a shared dream of establishing a new mercenary command.
Readers will find a diverse array of perspectives on the mercenary experience, showcasing the challenges faced by those who take on this mantle. The anthology includes the first eight stories originally released alongside MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, along with an all-new ninth story titled The Sun Will Rise. Each tale is accompanied by postscripts that provide insights into the storytelling process within a shared universe that has evolved over decades. This compilation offers a unique glimpse into the lives of mercenaries, highlighting the costs associated with their choices and the bonds they form along the way.
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A COST IS ALWAYS PAID…
Nikolai Reed is a trader on a Lyran JumpShip plying the space lanes…
Chloe Mason is a hot-shot tech with the Hsien Hotheads mercenaries…
Leaving the Northwind Highlanders, MechWarrior Ryana Nikol fills a billet with the Eridani Light Horse…
Disparate lives, but a unified dream that will bring them all together on a fateful course that will span decades, cover hundreds of light years, and involve love, friendship, and loss across a dozen worlds. Each will pay a price along the way, as a cost always comes due.
The Mercenary Life anthology is a compilation of stories written by Randall N. Bills. Including tales from several different characters as they cross paths, and the dream to found a new mercenary command is born. Their unique lives showcase the struggles and trials of the men and women who take up the mercenary mantle from a variety of angles, all bound around that central vision.
The first eight stories of this anthology were originally posted for free alongside the release of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, acting as the origin stories for the mercenary command within that computer game. This is the first time they have been compiled into a single volume to allow for a Print on Demand physical copy.
Additionally, an all-new ninth story has been added-The Sun Will Rise-along with postscripts for every story that gives the reader insight into how stories are crafted within a shared universe between tabletop, computer games, and fiction that spans more than thirty years and tens of millions of words.
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