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'''''The Bitter Taste of Hope''''' is a short story by [[Steven Mohan Jr.]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] in two parts on 29 June and 3 July 2006, respectively.
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'''''The Bitter Taste of Hope''''' is a short story by [[Steven Mohan Jr.]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] in two parts on 29 June and 3 July 2006, respectively. On 30 April 2012 it was also included in the omnibus [[w:EPUB|EPUB/Kindle]] (re-)publication of its prequel story, ''[[Red Khopesh]]''.
  
 
==Plot summary==
 
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Revision as of 16:54, 7 January 2013

The Bitter Taste of Hope
Product information
Type Short story (2 parts)
Author Steven Mohan Jr.
Pages 57
Publication information
Publisher BattleCorps
First published 29 June 2006 (part 1)
3 July 2006
Content
Era Civil War era
Timeline 27 February—2 March 3066

The Bitter Taste of Hope is a short story by Steven Mohan Jr. that was published online on BattleCorps in two parts on 29 June and 3 July 2006, respectively. On 30 April 2012 it was also included in the omnibus EPUB/Kindle (re-)publication of its prequel story, Red Khopesh.

Plot summary


Part 1

published 29 June 2006
Tracy Malfont's life was an endless flight from fear and betrayal—that is, until Mark Castor showed up on Randis, foiling her scam. Now in the Tortuga Dominions, her new boss covets a pile of crap not worth stealing, much less dying for; she finds him a hard man to understand. It doesn't help that she's an embittered cynic. Hope holds no place in her heart; it was burned away, a dozen years earlier...

Part 2

published 3 July 2006
Tracy Malfont finds hope to be a cruel suitor, constantly promising better things in its beguiling voice, only to disappear at the worst possible moment, leaving her frustrated and bereft. This time she wasn't quite there. Yet. But her new boss, Mark Castor-Davion, is threatening to push her over the edge; he's planning a tactical assault with three lances of 'Mechs...only one of which actually exists. She's placed her hope in him; did it betray her again?