BattleTech: Hounds at Bay

Book excerpt: TALON VERSUS FANG… Lieutenant Shane Atkins of the Coursing Hounds mercenary unit had a comfortable garrison assignment on Cumbres—until a Jade Falcon task force landed on the planet with orders to wipe the Hounds out to the last warrior. Forced to flee the planet, Shane and his people embark on a search-and-destroy campaign to hurt the bloodthirsty Clan in their own occupation zone. But the ruthless Watch leader of the Falcon force will stop at nothing to hunt these rampaging Hounds down. And when the Jade Falcons catch the Coursing Hounds in a trap, only one side will survive the desperate battle… (NOTE: This is the same novella that was distributed to the BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter campaign. If you received this story through the campaign, you do not need to buy it here.)