The Price of Glory
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| The Price of Glory | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Novel |
| Author | William H. Keith, Jr. |
| Pages | 321 (original) 384 (reprint) |
| Cover Artwork | David R. Dietrick (original) Boris Vallejo (reprint) |
| Interior Artwork | Jane Aulisio |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | FASA (original) Roc Books (reprint) |
| First published | October 1987 (original) January 1993 (reprint) |
| ISBN-10 | 0451452178 |
| Content | |
| Era | Succession Wars era |
| Timeline | 3027 – 3028 |
| Series | Saga of the Gray Death Legion |
| Preceded by | Mercenary's Star |
| Followed by | Blood of Heroes |
The Price of Glory, by William H. Keith, Jr., is the third book of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. An established mercenary command by now, the Gray Death Legion suddenly find themselves framed for atrocious war crimes and in the end forge an unlikely cooperation with their old nemesis, Duke Hassid Ricol.
The novel was made available on BattleCorps on 26 October 2010 as a PDF file (text only, without cover, pictures, or any other interior artwork except for the usual BattleCorps frame graphics). The PDF copy includes a disclaimer stating that it was created from a pre-final edition text that might differ from the printed version and that canon-wise, the print edition trumps the PDF edition.
Contents
From the back cover (1993 edition)
| “ | The Gray Death Legion is in the employ of the Free Worlds League and has even been given a landhold on the planet Helm. But dark forces conspire against them and the Legion soon finds themselves declared renegade, fair game for anyone to attack.
Now they are on the run on their home planet, trying desperately to reach safety before the might of House Marik falls upon them. They are about to discover the true motives of those who engineered their downfall. And what they discover will change the Inner Sphere forever. |
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Summary
The Gray Death Legion is employed by the Free Worlds League against the Capellan Confederation. After the completion of a campaign, they are to be awarded the planet Helm as a reward. Helm has an ancient Star League cache on it though, and ComStar, in league with radical elements of the Free Worlds League , try to frame The Gray Death Legion for a massacre so they can take possession of the treasure: a Star League Memory Core. The Gray Death Legion escapes with help from Duke Ricol.
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Featured characters
- Grayson Carlyle
- Lori Kalmar
- Duke Hassid Ricol
- Precentor Emilio Rachan
- Martin Graff
- Lord Garth, Duke of Irian
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Covers
Original 1987 cover. Art by David R. Dietrick.
1993 reprint. Art by Boris Vallejo.
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