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In the 31st century, the BattleMechs ar ethe ultimate war machines. 30 meters tall, and vaguely, menacingly manshaped, they are unstappable engines of destruction. In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors.

Truebirth - born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan's fearsome BattleMech war machines.

Freebirth - Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their truebirth superiors. Despised for their imperfections, they fight where and when the Clan commands.

Aiden has failed his Trial of Position, the ranking test all truebirth warriors of the Clan Jade Falcon must pass. He is cast out. Disgraced. His rightful Bloodname denied him.

But with a Bloodname, all past failures are forgiven. With a Bloodname comes respect, With a Bloodname comes honor.

Aiden will do anything to gain that name. Even masquerade as the thing he has been taught to despise.

A freebirth.

from the creator of the bestselling Battlestar Galactica series. After demonstrating his valor in battle, Aiden earned the highly coveted Bloodname and became a decisive Star Captain. Now Aiden must prove himself once again as the Jade Falcon Clan is pitted against the all-powerful Comstar force. Original.

Star Commander Joanna fights to recapture the glory of her victory at Tukkayid, but her age could work against her and she wonders if her status of Jade Falcon will prove enough for her to overcome the legendary Black Widow in a repeat battle.

Ordered to investigate the secret experiment being carried out by the Falcons on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld, the freeborn warrior Horse is dispatched to the planet Huntress on a perilous covert mission. But when he is unexpectedly caught in a Smoke Jaguar trap, Horse finds himself duty-bound to the enemy...and closer to the strange mysteries of the Falcon stronghold than he ever could have imagined...

A WARRIOR NEEDS A WAR

As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior - even those who are freeborn. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete for a bloodname. The Khans of the Steel Vipers -- long-standing rivals of the Falcons -- use these radical moves against Marthe, attacking her in the Grand Council.

In the midst of this war of intimidation, the Inner Sphere accomplishes the unthinkable -- an invasion of Clan space. But even that cannot stop Marthe Pryde or the Steel Vipers as their ripening conflict explodes into war...