ROBERT N. CHARRETTE

WHERE MAN MEETS MAGIC AND MACHINE...The year is 2050. The power of magic and the creatures that accompany it have returned to Earth, existing uneasily beside the amazing cybernetic advances created by massive megacorporations.For Sam Verner, living in the womb of the Renraku conglomerate was easy, until his sister disappeared and reality began to disintegrate. Now Sam wants out, but to escape, he must face the world of Shadowrun...

NASTY, BRUTAL, AND SHORT...On the planet Epsilon Eridani, young Tybalt Kelly dreams of one day becoming a MechWarriorno matter how much his father hates the idea. When the local County Shu Militia starts recruiting for warrior training, Tybalt finally gets his wish. But he might not live to regret it.Because the raw, untested forces of the Shu are about to meet their baptism by fire. Unidentified Mech raiders have been hitting cities and supply depots, destroying and plundering at will. And the newly fitted MechWarriors are going after them.Now Tybalt is about to discover the hard truth that some battles have no winnerand in war, glory may be fleeting, but death is forever...

A SWORD FORGED IN SHADOWSTheodore Kurita is the son of Takashi Kurita, and heir apparent to the Draconis Combine, one of the most powerful realms of the Inner Sphere. But the Draconis Combine has never been a place of smooth transitions. Historically, a Kurita proves himself a fit leader by a successful bid for power, political or...otherwise.Theodores perilous journey to power is a twenty-year odyssey, beginning with his graduation from Sun Zhang Military Academy. At each level of ascendancy, Theodore finds that keeping power is far more difficult than getting it, and failure lies in wait at every turn. His tactical knowledge is put to the test all too many times. His successes in impossible situations are dismissed as smoke and mirror trickery by some, but lauded as genius by others.Upon reaching the level of Deputy of the Combine Military, Theodores new power allows him to see the uncertain future of his people. He must plan carefully as he bargains for his future with ComStar, the mystic sect, and the yakuza, an interstellar network of organized crime. All the while maintaining an uneasy truce with the man he must one day depose...his own father, Coordinator of the Draconis Combine!

DANGER AT EVERY TURN...In the magically active world of 2053, some say dragons are the most powerful beings on Earth. Certain elves disagree with that belief in the strongest, most violent terms.An ork in the Seattle ghetto. Kham usually worries about more mundane problems, as day-to-day existence is tough enough. But all that is about to change. Drawn into a dangerous game of political and magical confrontation, Kham not only learns to never deal with a dragonhe also discovers that trusting an elf may kill you even faster...

DANGER AND DECEIT ON UNFAMILIAR STREETS...When Magic returns to the Earth, its power calls Sam Verner. As he searches for his sister through the slick and scary streets of 2050, his quest leads him across the ocean to England, where druids rule the streets...and the throne. But all is not what it seems, and Sam and his new shadow friends are plunged into a maze of madness on the trail of destruction. Only when Sam accepts his destiny as a shaman can he embrace the power he needs. But what waits for him in the final confrontation of technology and human flesh is a secret much darker than anything he had previously encountered in the shadows...

AGAINST ALL FOES...The Succession Wars. The Marik Civil War. The War of 39. The Clan Invasion. Wolfs Dragoons were victorious in them all. For fifty years, the five mercenary regiments of Wolfs Dragoons have been the toughest MechWarriors in the Inner Sphere. Whatever the job, whatever the odds, Jaime Wolfs Dragoons always won. Now an aging Colonel Wolf is facing the biggest challenge of his career. And the enemy is not an Inner Sphere Lord or a Clan Khan, but a rebellion among his own men!

DESPERATE TIMES...He was only a "beginner" shaman, but Sam Verner had to find a cure to break the curse on his sister. Only something of great magic would do the trick. His quest took him to a mystical citadel in Australia, where, with the aid of his shadowrunner friends, he recovered the strange artifact he hoped would prove helpful.DESPERATE MEASURES...But instead of anything that even remotely resembled help, an unexpected and ancient terror was releaseda terror that erupted into a shadow war for dominion over an awakened Earth. And while the evil kept growing, inexorably drawing him into battle, the curses power over his sister was also growing, bringing her closer and closer to death.Soon a truly desperate Sam realized that the last and only hope for saving his sister was to find the greatest shaman of the Sixth World, former leader of the Great Ghost Dancea man who may no longer exist...

LIFE, DEATH, HONOR, FEALTY... Bushido is the warrior code that governs all these concepts. As a MechWarrior of the Draconis Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara is bound by it, a code that demands loyal service to the devious Warlord Grieg Samsonov. When Minobu came upon a strange blue and gold Archer, the field littered with its vanquished opponents, and its weapons empty, bushido dictated that he not destroy an honorable but helpless warrior. For that, he became Dispossessed, stripped of his BattleMechand his honor. Minobu is then assigned as liaison to one of the Combines most elite mercenary units, who treat him with the respect due a fellow warrior, and give him a BattleMech to take the field of battle once more. The skill and power of these mercenaries is unparalleled, but when they refuse to renew their contract due to sabotage from within the Combine, Minobu is instructed to use all means to destroy them. Now, bushido dictates that Minobu oppose his honorable foe, a man whom he has fought alongside in battle, and who deserves far better than betrayal... Jaime Wolf of Wolfs Dragoons.

WASHINGTON IS BURNING! Andy is happy as a shadowrunner wannabe, but when he accidentally gets involved with real runners, the game of Lets Pretend is over, along with his safe corporate life.Andys half-brother, UCAS Army Major Tom Rocquette, has some doubts about what hes involved with, too. Why, for example, is he being ordered to mercilessly massacre the Compensation Army, a group that, like him, only seeks justice? Andy and Tom, along with runners Markowitz and Kit, are finding out things that could put many lives in danger and point to a sinister web of dirty politicians, dishonorable officers, and misused tech and magica conspiracy that could dismantle the UCAS government! Can Andy and Tom find enough evidence to prove itand stop itbefore the nations capital is buried under a heap of bloody corpses?