Counterattack

Counterattack
Product information
Type	Anthology
Author	Christian Grainger Jason Hardy John Helfers Chris Hussey Kevin Killiany Philip A. Lee Steven Mohan Jr. Blaine Lee Pardoe Ben Rome Jason Schmetzer Phaedra Weldon
Development	Jason Schmetzer (Editor)
Pages	336
Cover Artwork	Anthony Scroggins (art) Matt Heerdt (design)
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	35804
First published	14 August 2014
MSRP	$12.95
Content
Series	BattleCorps anthologies
Preceded by	Fire for Effect
Followed by	Front Lines

Counterattack (subtitle: BattleCorps Anthology Volume 5) is a print anthology of 12 short stories previously published via BattleCorps throughout 2008, plus one previously unpublished story (High-Value Target). As usual, it also includes a foreword ("Forward") and an "About the Authors" section.

From the back cover

“

A Star League Gunslinger fights against overwhelming odds during a rebellion. A dauntless warrior faces his most painful trial yet, far from home and all but alone. Mercenaries, betrayed from within, lash out at all who threaten them. And the Word of Blake, always present, plots and schemes and maneuvers allies against each other. Thirteen stories of combat, honor, betrayal and death fill the pages of Counterattack: BattleCorps Anthology Volume 5. Savvy readers will recognize now-familiar names in BattleTech lore among the authors: Steven Mohan Jr., Kevin Killiany, Phaedra Weldon, Jason Schmetzer, Jason Hardy and Blaine Lee Pardoe. These writers have shaped the direction of the BattleTech universe. In 2008, with these stories, they took the fictional storylines of the BattleTech universe and fought back. They told the stories that demonstrated the indomitable will that has carried BattleTech readers across more than 25 years of publication.

”

Stories

• An Ill-Made House, by Jason Schmetzer
• Unholy Union, by Chris Hussey
• Abandonment, by Blaine Lee Pardoe
• With Carrion Men, by Phaedra Weldon
• First Acquisition, by John Helfers
• High-Value Target, by Philip A. Lee
• Twisting in the Vacuum, by Jason Hardy
• Godfather, by Jason Schmetzer
• Blue Waters, by Steven Mohan Jr.
• Office Politics, by Ben Rome
• Godt Bytte, by Kevin Killiany
• The Smaller Sacrifice, by Chris Grainger
• Feral, by Jason Schmetzer

Notes

• The cover image depicts a scene from the story Godfather, in which a rebel Marik Awesome confronts Nathan's Rifleman with Sergeant Ramirez's Hunchback already downed during the final confrontation.