BattleTech: The Mercenary Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781638610120)

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.

Author: Randall N. Bills
ISBN-10: 1638610126
ISBN-13: 9781638610120
Publisher: Inmediares Productions
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2021
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d