Author Topic: NEW RELEASE: BattleCorps Vol. 6 and A Bonfire of Worlds (Read 7070 times)

Cubby · « **on:** 27 August 2019, 08:09:09 »

Now Available - A Bonfire of Worlds and BattleCorps Vol. 6 Now in Print!

At long last - BattleTech fiction enthusiasts can fill two holes in their collection with the print-on-demand release of two much-requested titles: BattleCorps Anthology Vol. 6: Front Lines and, for the first time in print, Steven Mohan Jr.'s A Bonfire of Worlds!

BattleCorps Vol. 6: Front Lines

HONOR. DESPERATION. JIHAD.

Inhuman cybernetic soldiers invade a peaceful world, bringing terror and misery in the name of a new flag. A young soldier, part of the most maligned military machine in history, struggles to find meaning in his service. And the prince of a star-spanning empire discovers that not even he can protect the people he loves.

Ten stories of combat, honor, betrayal, and death fill the pages of Front Lines: BattleCorps Anthology Volume 6.

Readers will recognize familiar names in BattleTech lore among the authors: Steven Mohan, Jr., and Blaine Lee Pardoe, who welcome newer writers such as Jason Hansa, Christopher Purnell and Craig A. Reed, Jr. These writers have shaped the direction of the BattleTech universe. In 2009, with these stories, they told the stories that demonstrated the indomitable will that has carried BattleTech readers across more than 25 years of publication.

Print-on-Demand: https://amzn.to/2KXLg3C
eBook: https://books2read.com/BattleTechFrontLines

A Bonfire of Worlds by Steven Mohan Jr.

GALAXY AFLAME…

The universe has gone dark. Interstellar communications have 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 Malvina Hazen solidifies her hold on a purified Clan Jade Falcon while hunting for the next enemy to crush under the talons of her brutal Mongol Doctrine. Hundreds of light-years away, Clan Wolf is carving out territory along the Lyran Commonwealth/Free Worlds League border—and Alaric Wolf is primed to make his moves in the halls of power.

Plans years in the making begin to come together across hundreds of star systems, and secrets hidden for decades will finally be revealed while an empire goes up in flames…

Print-on-Demand: https://www.amazon.com/BattleTech-Bonfire-Steven-Mohan-Jr/dp/1942487908
eBook: https://books2read.com/BattleTechABonfireofWorlds

Sartris · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 August 2019, 08:17:22 »

Different cover for both. Did the Preta make a controversial tweet and lose its cgl endorsement?

Also - nice.

PsylockeSmythe · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 August 2019, 10:24:20 »

Yes two more previously e-book or limited availability books off my list. Bonfire I'm able to get from my local used book store that has been my go to for over 20 years when it comes to paper books and Front Lines I'm having to get from Amazon, since that was one that they couldn't order for me.

This will leave me only needing #2 and #3 of the battlecorps anthologies, the Iron Dawn and Nellus Academy book that I don't own in paper format and that have been printed in paper. There are still a few of the e-books but I'm hopeful that they will also get the PoD treatment at some point.

Psy

Cubby · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 August 2019, 11:39:54 »

Quote from: PsylockeSmythe on 27 August 2019, 10:24:20

This will leave me only needing #2 and #3 of the battlecorps anthologies, the Iron Dawn and Nellus Academy book that I don't own in paper format and that have been printed in paper.

Vol. 3 is in the works, last I heard. But "Redemption Rift" will be next in POD for BattleTech.

Iron Dawn and Nellus Academy should still be available in POD.

pixelgeek · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 August 2019, 15:40:50 »

Is there going to be a POD option other than Amazon?

Also any idea why the POD price in Canada is almost double the US price?

kinwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 August 2019, 15:53:04 »

Quote from: pixelgeek on 27 August 2019, 15:40:50

Is there going to be a POD option other than Amazon?

Also any idea why the POD price in Canada is almost double the US price?

If you look carefully, on amazon.ca the seller is not amazon. It's Book Depository CA. Wait a bit and amazon.ca should add it correctly alongside the kindle version.

pixelgeek · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 August 2019, 17:31:56 »

Quote from: kinwolf on 27 August 2019, 15:53:04

If you look carefully, on amazon.ca the seller is not amazon. It's Book Depository CA. Wait a bit and amazon.ca should add it correctly alongside the kindle version.

It is still only available via Amazon. Book Depository doesn't offer it from their website. I'd rather do without than give Amazon my money

kinwolf · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 August 2019, 18:49:28 »

Quote from: pixelgeek on 27 August 2019, 17:31:56

It is still only available via Amazon. Book Depository doesn't offer it from their website. I'd rather do without than give Amazon my money

They're using amazon PoD services, so no matter where you get it, amazon will get the money. If you hate amazon so much, you'll have to stick to the ebook.

Xtrahmxwohld · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 August 2019, 19:48:11 »

~~Will there be a Barnes & Noble/Nook option available soon for Front Lines?~~

I see it is now available on Nook. :thumbsup:

Dragon41673 · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 August 2019, 22:44:04 »

Cubby...hopefully you can help. I asked this on the Catalyst Facebook page but have not received a response. Is Front Lines not available through distribution? I found Bonfire of Worlds at my distributor...but not Front Lines, which seems odd since the other 6 have been available in distribution.

Thanks!

PsylockeSmythe · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 August 2019, 09:07:22 »

Quote from: Dragon41673 on 27 August 2019, 22:44:04

Cubby...hopefully you can help. I asked this on the Catalyst Facebook page but have not received a response. Is Front Lines not available through distribution? I found Bonfire of Worlds at my distributor...but not Front Lines, which seems odd since the other 6 have been available in distribution.
Thanks!

I just want to second this. The local book store I try to buy all my books from was able to order Bonfire of Worlds for me through their distributor; but Front Lines was not showing up. They were able to get me Killzone through there distributor. So it does seem weird that one is available through a distributor and the other is not.

Psy

Jeff Cope · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 September 2019, 10:15:26 »

Vol 6 is showing unavailable at Amazon. Why would a POD product that was just released last month be unavailable?

Cache · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 September 2019, 18:14:06 »

Quote from: Jeff Cope on 03 September 2019, 10:15:26

Vol 6 is showing unavailable at Amazon. Why would a POD product that was just released last month be unavailable?

(Hopefully) momentary error?

Cubby · « **Reply #13 on:** 04 September 2019, 05:52:15 »

It should be available again later this week. I'm told they needed to make a correction and re-submit it for POD, which takes a few days.

Dragon41673 · « **Reply #14 on:** 04 September 2019, 06:27:23 »

Quote from: Cubby on 04 September 2019, 05:52:15

It should be available again later this week. I'm told they needed to make a correction and re-submit it for POD, which takes a few days.

Thanks Cubby

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #15 on:** 04 September 2019, 19:07:22 »

This just occured to me; how many BC Stories are their left not in Anthologies?

Sartris · « **Reply #16 on:** 04 September 2019, 22:02:41 »

Short answer: lots. I’m away from my computer but there’s a long way to go

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 September 2019, 00:13:35 »

Quote from: Sartris on 04 September 2019, 22:02:41

Short answer: lots. I’m away from my computer but there’s a long way to go

I admit that I am mainly ignorant of the sheer extent of BC contributions over the years. There seemed to be lots when I had my membership, but after I let it lapse, I lost touch with thr program and where it was at.

Frabby · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 September 2019, 02:28:25 »

Quote from: beachhead1985 on 04 September 2019, 19:07:22

This just occured to me; how many BC Stories are their left not in Anthologies?

Sarna lists 421 articles in its Category:BattleCorps publications. Even when you subtract novels or sourcebook fiction that were merely re-published via BattleCorps, non-canon stuff like joke stories and Iron Writer publications, and summary articles such as BattleCorps News, that's still well over 300 original stories. Multi-part stories are covered in a single article.
The print anthologies have published an average of 10 BC stories. So more than two thirds, or around three quarters, are left at this time. Depending on how you count, arguably even more than four fifths.

Sharpnel · « **Reply #19 on:** 05 September 2019, 03:14:14 »

Quote from: beachhead1985 on 04 September 2019, 19:07:22

This just occured to me; how many BC Stories are their left not in Anthologies?

Easily more than 100

Bosefius · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 September 2019, 14:32:52 »

Quote from: Jeff Cope on 03 September 2019, 10:15:26

Vol 6 is showing unavailable at Amazon. Why would a POD product that was just released last month be unavailable?

The e-book is available again, the PoD should be filtering through the Amazon and will, hopefully, be available again within 24 hours. Assuming nothing what goes wrong.

Sartris · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 September 2019, 20:55:13 »

Quote from: beachhead1985 on 04 September 2019, 19:07:22

This just occured to me; how many BC Stories are their left not in Anthologies?

i consulted my (probably slightly inaccurate) list but it's a good starting point for hard data

BC Stories not included in any anthology / pdf compliation: 213

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A Cold Collaboration
A Cover of Paint
A Different Hope
A Fall of Ashes
A Keystone Arch
A Line in the Dust
A Living Epitaph
A Loyal Son of Terra
A Matter of Honor
A Matter of Respect
A Measure of Clarity
A Show of Force
A Soldier Without Hope
A Soldier's Privilege
A Tale of Mercy in Defeat
A Turn of the Wheel
A Veiled Betrayal
A Wolf in the Eyrie
Ambrosia
Arcadia
Be Good
Because It Matters
Black Mist Rising
Broken Sword, Wounded Dragon
Call or Fold
Chains
Citations of Respect
Commitment
Convergence at Khon Kaen
Crossroads at Outreach
Crucible at Campoleone
Decision at Acamar
Defiant Stand
Demon Star
Desertion
Desperate Measures
Determination at Wallis
Dingane's Day
Djinn of Despair
Dog Soldiers
Dragons of Despair
Duty Before Honor
Echoes of Disgrace
Encounter at El Giza
End of Message
Endgame at Engadine
Epaulet Mate
Evacuation
Expediency
Fall from Glory
Fall from Grace
Fallen Idols
Family Ties
Fianchetto
Filling the Hole
Finding Jardine
Folly's Children
For the Love of Blake
Forms of Betrayal
Forsaken
Fragments of History
Freak Show
From the Highest Spire
Gambit at Noisiel
Goliath out of the Box
Good Fighters
Grand Masters
Grand Theft Agro
Gray Markets
Great Gaffa's Ghost
Groundpounder
Gustrell Switchback
Half of a Warrior
Hard Luck Case
Hendry Vs. Metz
Heroes' Bridge
Hit Fast, Hit Hard
Honor Code: A Moment of Honesty
Honor Code: A Warrior's Fear
Honor Code: Broken Brotherhood
Honor Code: Family Honor
Honor Code: Harvest of Deception
Honor Code: Karma 
Honor Code: Lady of Steel
Honor Code: Risk of Honor
Honor Code: The Face of the Enemy
Horn and Fang
Hunter of the Yellow Bird
I Was Lost
In Love and War
In Service to the Dragon
Janshi
Johnny Mace, 'Mech Ace
Jungle Warfare
Justifiable Cost
Kindred Soul
Kurodenkou
Lancer Strike Trilogy
Last Man Standing
Left Side of Sanity
Life in the Big City
Loyalty's Price
Magician
Mantises
Marauder 
Meiyo
Memories of Fire and Ice at the Edge of the World
Memories of Rain
Murphy's Method
Negotiation
Night Terrors
No Rest For The Wicked
Not One
Not the Way the Smart Money Bets
Occum's Choice
Old Pus Eye
On Solid Ground
Once You Go Traitor
Operation Blue Tiger
Operation Rat: A Storm of Rain and Steel
Operation Rat: First Meeting on Second Try
Operation Rat: From the Ruins
Operation Rat: Salvage
Operation Rat: Timbiqui Dark 
Operation Red Lion
Opportunity (Jason Schmetzer)
Opportunity (Jeff Kautz)
Other Perspectives
Paladin 
Pearls's Ghost
Permanent Losses
Personal Best
Pirates of Penance
Pitcairn Star
Playing Outside
Proprietary
Quail Hunting
Rain Dance
Ravager 
Redemption Rift
Relative
Righteous Fury 
Rise and Shine
Rock in a Hard Place
Rules of Salvage
Save What You Can
Seeds of Loyalty
Seven Years' Bad Luck
Seventeen Minutes
Seventy
Shadow Angels
Shadows of Faith
Skirmish at the Vale's Edge
Sleight of Hand
Snipe Hunt
So Costly a Sacrifice
Sons of Janus
Sore Loser
Sorrow of Eden
State of Grace
Stitch in Time
Strange Bedfellows
Straw Man
Surkai 
Swords and Plowshares
Tears of Blood
Test of Faith
That Old Highlander Way
The Art of War
The Bear's Kin
The Bitter Harvest
The Blood of Man
The Call of Glory
The Clawing
The Color of Authority
The Color of the Sky
The Dark Night of the Soul
The Dragon of Caph
The Eagle's Plunge
The Final Game
The First Battle
The Gambit in Dream
The Gauntlet
The Ghosts of Hesperus
The Hunted
The Lance Killer
The Laws of Motion
The Line
The Longest Day
The Marshal Way
The Memory of Pain
The Pear
The Promise
The Running Man
The Shade of an Old Oak Tree
The Third Time
Thirteen
Titanium Rose
To Serve the Dragon
Top of the Scrap Heap
Trial of Faith
Tripwire
Two 'Mechs, Three Queens and a Pug
Under the Shadows of the Stars
Vole
Warrior's Song
Watershed
Way of the Champion
What I Remember Most
Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine
When Small Men Stand
Whispering Death
Zero Signal

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 September 2019, 22:50:33 »

Quote from: Sartris on 06 September 2019, 20:55:13

i consulted my (probably slightly inaccurate) list but it's a good starting point for hard data

BC Stories not included in any anthology / pdf compliation: 213
Code: [Select]
A Cold Collaboration A Cover of Paint A Different Hope A Fall of Ashes A Keystone Arch A Line in the Dust A Living Epitaph A Loyal Son of Terra A Matter of Honor A Matter of Respect A Measure of Clarity A Show of Force A Soldier Without Hope A Soldier's Privilege A Tale of Mercy in Defeat A Turn of the Wheel A Veiled Betrayal A Wolf in the Eyrie Ambrosia Arcadia Be Good Because It Matters Black Mist Rising Broken Sword, Wounded Dragon Call or Fold Chains Citations of Respect Commitment Convergence at Khon Kaen Crossroads at Outreach Crucible at Campoleone Decision at Acamar Defiant Stand Demon Star Desertion Desperate Measures Determination at Wallis Dingane's Day Djinn of Despair Dog Soldiers Dragons of Despair Duty Before Honor Echoes of Disgrace Encounter at El Giza End of Message Endgame at Engadine Epaulet Mate Evacuation Expediency Fall from Glory Fall from Grace Fallen Idols Family Ties Fianchetto Filling the Hole Finding Jardine Folly's Children For the Love of Blake Forms of Betrayal Forsaken Fragments of History Freak Show From the Highest Spire Gambit at Noisiel Goliath out of the Box Good Fighters Grand Masters Grand Theft Agro Gray Markets Great Gaffa's Ghost Groundpounder Gustrell Switchback Half of a Warrior Hard Luck Case Hendry Vs. Metz Heroes' Bridge Hit Fast, Hit Hard Honor Code: A Moment of Honesty Honor Code: A Warrior's Fear Honor Code: Broken Brotherhood Honor Code: Family Honor Honor Code: Harvest of Deception Honor Code: Karma Honor Code: Lady of Steel Honor Code: Risk of Honor Honor Code: The Face of the Enemy Horn and Fang Hunter of the Yellow Bird I Was Lost In Love and War In Service to the Dragon Janshi Johnny Mace, 'Mech Ace Jungle Warfare Justifiable Cost Kindred Soul Kurodenkou Lancer Strike Trilogy Last Man Standing Left Side of Sanity Life in the Big City Loyalty's Price Magician Mantises Marauder Meiyo Memories of Fire and Ice at the Edge of the World Memories of Rain Murphy's Method Negotiation Night Terrors No Rest For The Wicked Not One Not the Way the Smart Money Bets Occum's Choice Old Pus Eye On Solid Ground Once You Go Traitor Operation Blue Tiger Operation Rat: A Storm of Rain and Steel Operation Rat: First Meeting on Second Try Operation Rat: From the Ruins Operation Rat: Salvage Operation Rat: Timbiqui Dark Operation Red Lion Opportunity (Jason Schmetzer) Opportunity (Jeff Kautz) Other Perspectives Paladin Pearls's Ghost Permanent Losses Personal Best Pirates of Penance Pitcairn Star Playing Outside Proprietary Quail Hunting Rain Dance Ravager Redemption Rift Relative Righteous Fury Rise and Shine Rock in a Hard Place Rules of Salvage Save What You Can Seeds of Loyalty Seven Years' Bad Luck Seventeen Minutes Seventy Shadow Angels Shadows of Faith Skirmish at the Vale's Edge Sleight of Hand Snipe Hunt So Costly a Sacrifice Sons of Janus Sore Loser Sorrow of Eden State of Grace Stitch in Time Strange Bedfellows Straw Man Surkai Swords and Plowshares Tears of Blood Test of Faith That Old Highlander Way The Art of War The Bear's Kin The Bitter Harvest The Blood of Man The Call of Glory The Clawing The Color of Authority The Color of the Sky The Dark Night of the Soul The Dragon of Caph The Eagle's Plunge The Final Game The First Battle The Gambit in Dream The Gauntlet The Ghosts of Hesperus The Hunted The Lance Killer The Laws of Motion The Line The Longest Day The Marshal Way The Memory of Pain The Pear The Promise The Running Man The Shade of an Old Oak Tree The Third Time Thirteen Titanium Rose To Serve the Dragon Top of the Scrap Heap Trial of Faith Tripwire Two 'Mechs, Three Queens and a Pug Under the Shadows of the Stars Vole Warrior's Song Watershed Way of the Champion What I Remember Most Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine When Small Men Stand Whispering Death Zero Signal

Two Mechs, Three Queens and a PUg is an old favourite of mine. Have not read it in years.

Cubby · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 September 2019, 15:41:49 »

Quote from: Dragon41673 on 04 September 2019, 06:27:23

Thanks Cubby

Looks like you were able to get what you needed from distribution.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #24 on:** 25 October 2019, 16:51:38 »

How come Battlecorp 7 had half a story from 6 in it?

RanFelsnerAFFS · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 October 2019, 06:57:17 »

Was confused by this as well. Especially since the foreword specifically mentions The Loyal Son to be a worthy follow up to Son of Blake, where it really is just a repetition of the backend.

Quite strange....

Cubby · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 October 2019, 06:33:18 »

Upon the book's initial release, I was told that it had an error in it along the lines you describe. The entire book was removed and re-uploaded to Amazon, which took a few days (you can see some chatter about it upthread), but newly-ordered copies should now be fixed.

Sartris · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 October 2019, 15:47:02 »

is there anything from the story in vol 7 cut off and replaced with the vol 6 story or is it just new story + half of old story accidentally stapled on?

RanFelsnerAFFS · « **Reply #28 on:** 28 October 2019, 14:34:09 »

I have the feeling, the story intended for Vol. 7 was accidentally tacked onto the Part of the story, that was in tended for Vol. 6 and then again published in Vol. 7