By Temptations and by War

Loren L. Coleman. Roc, $13.95 (293pp) ISBN 978-0-451-45947-3

An interstellar communications blackout gives freedom fighter Evan Kurst the opportunity to deliver the world of Liao from the oppressive occupation of the Republic of the Sphere in Mechwarrior: Dark Age: By Temptations and by War: A BattleTech Novel by Loren L. Coleman, a game designer and author of 10 BattleTech novels. This is the first trade entry in this popular mass-market series.

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