The Dying Time
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| The Dying Time | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Novel |
| Author | Thomas S. Gressman |
| Pages | 278 |
| Cover Artwork | Fred Gambino |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Roc Books |
| First published | 1 January, 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | 0451458664 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0451458667 |
| Content | |
| Era | Civil War era |
| Timeline | 3065 |
| Series | Saga of the Gray Death Legion |
| Preceded by | Operation Excalibur |
| Followed by | (none) |
The Dying Time, by Thomas S. Gressman, is the seventh and final book in the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. It was published as the fifth novel in the loosely-related MechWarrior series.
On 30 January 2011, the novel was made available on BattleCorps as a PDF file (text only, without the cover, pictures or any other artwork except the usual BattleCorps frame graphics). The file includes a disclaimer stating that it was created from a pre-final edition text which might differ from the printed version and that canon-wise, the print edition trumps the PDF edition.
From the back cover
| “ | Only days after the demise of legendary warrior Grayson Death Carlyle, the mercenary forces of the Gray Death Legion are called into action. Their mission is to protect Hesperus II in the Isle of Skye. With civil war raging, it is vital that the planet's famous Defiance BattleMech production facilities not fall into the hands of the enemy. Seeing the Lyrans and Davionists at each other's throats, the Skye separatists have seized the opportunity to instigate a new rebellion, and they too threaten the safety of Hesperus II and its factories.
Now commanding the Legion is Lori Carlyle, widow of Grayson. But what Lori doesn't realize is that her troops are little more than pawns in the continuing hostilities between the factions of Victor Steiner-Davion and his ever-cunning sister, Katrina—and that they Gray Death are about to enter a battle they are meant to lose. If there is one constant in the universe, it is that pawns are made to be sacrificed... |
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Featured characters
- Colonel Grayson Death Carlyle
- Lori Kalmar-Carlyle
- Hauptmann Alexander Carlyle
- Colonel Davis McCall
- Wing Commander Julio Vargas
- Hauptmann-General Gina Ciampas
- Archon-Princess Katherine Steiner-Davion