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BATTLETECH: A CLEVER BIT OF
FICTION
A KELL HOUNDS ASCENDANT SHORT NOVEL
MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
About the Author
Battletech Glossary
Battletech Eras
The BattleTech Fiction Series
1
THE NAGELRING
DISTRICT OF DONEGAL
THARKAD
LYRAN COMMONWEALTH
15 NOVEMBER 3010
M
K
on the outer wall of the Nagelring, staring off at the
mountains. Winds whipped snow into tattered sheets, letting black rock
peek through. Exposed stone glittered with sharp glassy edges as if it had
been flaked into a spear point, then another blanket of white would hide it.
He smiled.
Has it been six years?
“My mates and I used to come to this
very spot, Veronica, and stare up at those mountains. We’d vow we were
going to climb to the very top, no matter the conditions. That a dozen
people a year die in such attempts didn’t put us off in the least.”
As he spoke, the wind whipped breath vapor away and nipped at his
cheeks. “Isn’t it beautiful?”
“Mmmmphf.”
He turned and smiled more broadly, despite the numbness in his face.
Veronica Matova shivered beside him. The fur-edged hood had been pulled
tight, and a scarf enveloped her face, leaving only her blue eyes visible. The
down parka bulked her out, but still could not conceal the tremors shaking
her slender body. Her hands hid in a furred muff, and the cast on her left
foot had been swathed in a quilted boot.
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