A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL...The Federated Suns have long been held as the pinnacle of military professionalism and skill in the Inner Sphere, a reputation earned across centuries of combat on hundreds of worlds. But when the Word of Blake launches their Jihad and attacks the Suns' capital world, New Avalon, that reputation will be put to the ultimate test.Marshal of the Armies Jackson Davion is the heir to a centuries-old tradition of martial excellence, but eve...

FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE...The Clans: a civilization that worships war. Soldiers altered in body and mind. Men and women bent to the blade. They slash through space, cutting through their enemies like a laser cuts through flesh.No one can stand against them.Star Commander Richard Bekker of Clan Ghost Bear is smart, tough, and ruthless—the perfect Clan warrior. Victory is all he has ever known.But that is about to change.Because he’s going ...

A SECOND CHANCE...A ruthless predator is stalking Star Colonel Richard Bekker of Clan Ghost Bear—time. Once he was a rising star, the hero of the Damian disaster. But all that ended on the world of Tukayyid where Bekker’s bright future—and the entire Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere—were stopped cold.AND POSSIBLY HIS LAST...Two decades later, Bekker is a warrior with an undistinguished history that hides a shameful secret. Even worse, in a culture that prizes youth...

A GALAXY AFLAME...The universe has gone dark. Interstellar communications has been lost across the Inner Sphere, threatening the corporate giant ComStar—and maybe civilization itself. Risking everything on a last chance for survival, Comstar has kidnapped the engineering genius Tucker Harwell, hoping he can unravel the mystery of the blackout. But Tucker isn’t just working on why it happened...he’s also trying to figure out who’s behind it.Meanwhile, Khan M...

SURVIVAL ON THE OUTSKIRTS...Life in the sparsely populated periphery is rustic—and dangerous. Small settlements means small defense forces. No wonder the outer worlds often fall prey to piracy.So when Mark Castor shows up on the World of Randis with relief aid in tow and an assault 'Mech to protect it, the locals are overjoyed to see him. But Castor isn’t at all what he appears to be—and before he’s done he’s going to turn the entire concept of privacy on its head.F...

Paul Merrick had always lived a charmed life--right up until the moment when the Gulfstream he was in went down over the Sahara. Now his life has been transformed into a horrific, lurching disaster in which his very survival is in doubt. Because in the terrible new world of After the Crash, it's not only the desert that's trying to kill him.Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as diverse as INTERZONE, POLYPHONY, and PARADOX, as well as several DAW orig...

The rules for slaves are simple--keep your head down and train hard. For it is only your training that can save you in the Coliseum. All this Thrace knows.But he forgets it in a moment when a young slave's cry of terror rouses him from his sleep. The boy, young Africanus, has found a body--and a mystery. On the training grounds of a gladiator school a mystery is a dangerous thing, as treacherous and lethal as any opponent a man might face in the Coliseum. Thrace SHOULD turn aside a...

In this charming story filled with gentle humor, a beautiful, young woman meets a group of old men on a glorious spring day. Saul flirts shamelessly with Emma, only to have his arch-rival Rajiv try to steal the pretty girl away. Except there's more at stake then a quarrel between two senior citizens. Because these old men are NOT old men, the park is NOT a park, and what they decide will save or destroy us all.Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as di...

The smart beachgoing tourist packs plenty of sunscreen, uses a blanket to keep the sand out of his shorts, and always watches when the kids play in the ocean. But how many tourists know what to do when the rotting denizens of Hell come shambling out of the green Pacific? This is the problem for Lincoln City, Oregon, a beachfront town that wakes up one day to find it's been overrun by the undead.Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as diverse as INTERZO...

Any spec ops mission is bound to be a dangerous and nasty affair—but this one is RIDICULOUS. Not only does the President of the United States send Commander Achilles Black's ghost team to a dying world, but he forces Black to take along a senior political advisor. But that's only the beginning of Black's problems.Because something is killing off his troops.And the revelation that he's up against ZOMBIES won't be the worst surprise that Black encounters.This short st...

It begins on a starship in the dark of space. A starship filled with sleeping souls. A starship horribly misnamed SANCTUARY.Jennifer Harkin is roused early from cryogenic suspension. She's beautiful and young--though HOW young isn't clear. The memories of who she is, even WHAT she is, have been altered. All she knows for certain is that someone needs her protection.It won't be easy. Because SANCTUARY is filled with zombies. And these are not your father's zombies. They're f...

In the year 2083, the United States of America is a very different place. FBI agent Jason Xia (pronounced "Shaw") is sent to investigate a terrorist threat. What he finds instead is the most famous missing person in American history, Callie Cook, a beautiful, young senator whose unexplained disappearance fifty years before threw a presidential election into turmoil. With Xia's help, Cook will have to navigate through a suddenly bizarre world to solve a half-century old mystery--the mystery...