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1) Northwind
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When a deadly plague decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next. The deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to the heartbeat of the ocean, the pulse of the landscape.
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A mysterious midnight encounter at a desolate crossroads. An irreverent post-coming-of-age tale with a twist of crime. A house better left unentered, and a whimsical farce spanning the sea and the depths of imperialist greed. Songs Of The Northwind collects four stories ranging from the pits of blackest despair to the heights of tomfooleristic merriment. Less an emotional roller-coaster than it is an emotional Gravitron, or perhaps the emotional teacups,...
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SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY…
In the 32nd century, the Republic of the Sphere is beset on all sides, its enemies seeking the most important weapon in the Inner Sphere: interstellar communication. As the forces of the Capellan Confederation advance toward the heart of the crumbling Republic, they are laser-focused on the one goal that will give them the upper hand and destroy the Republic once and for all: the planet of Northwind.Homeworld of the famed...
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"Authorized to sacrifice your personal honor..."
With these words, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao dispatched Death Commando Loren Jaffray to the planet Northwind. His mission: to destroy the elite Northwind Highlanders, the mercenaries who abandoned the Capellans in their hour of need thirty years before. As the grandson of famous Highlander warriors, Jaffray is the perfect instrument to exact Sun-Tzu's revenge. He can win the mercenaries' trust, then divide...
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A WORLD UNDER SIEGE…After repelling the brutal Capellan Confederation's vain attempt to capture their planet's working HPG, the people of Northwind had hoped to get a break from the growing conflict in the wake of the splintering of the Republic of the Sphere. But Capellan ruler Daoshen Liao has other plans for the beleaguered world, sending wave after wave of mercenaries to grind Northwind's defenses into bloody dust.Standing against them is what...
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LYING IN WAIT…
The Highlanders defeated Anastasia Kerensky the last time she attacked Northwind-although she retreated with most of her troops intact. Now dispersed among several planets, the Highlanders will need a bigger edge if they are to end Kerensky's threat completely. A rumor places Anastasia Kerensky on Northwind. If that's true, the Steel Wolves must also be close by. Determined to locate them, Paladin Ezekiel Crow and Countess Tara Campbell...
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THE INNER SPHERE UNDER ASSAULT…
Since the failure of the interplanetary communications system, the decades-long peace brokered by the Republic of the Sphere has begun to splinter. Power-hungry factions-such as the Steel Wolves-are invading vulnerable worlds to establish their own rule.
As a gateway to Terra, the planet of Northwind has strategic value-making it a fiercely-contested target for the emerging factions springing up across the Republic-and...
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NO PRICE TOO HIGH… On the besieged planet of Northwind, the Highlanders are fighting a tenacious invading force from the Capellan Confederation, led by a regiment from the legendary McCarron's Armored Calvary, with support from Warrior House Imarra. The first round went to the Capellans, who seized the city of Tara and the invaluable HPG located within it. But their position is precarious with the revelation of the Grey Watch, a legendary Highlanders...
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Who killed the bride and groom?
Everyone thinks it was "that troublemaker," Peta Donald. Gossips say she came home to stop the wedding. That jealousy led her to murder.
No one on Northwind Island believes that Peta has changed since her youth. And nothing has changed in town. Peta is still shunned by everyone. Everyone except Lawson Mills, whose appearance on the island is as mysterious as the double murders. Peta is sure he has an ulterior motive...
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TARGET: TERRA
The world of Northwind has been ravaged in the fierce battle between the Highlanders and the Steel Wolves-and now the Clan warriors have set their sights on Terra. The fate of the birthplace of humankind now rests in the hands of three very different MechWarriors:
Ezekiel Crow: Betrayer of the Highlanders-and on the run from both political and military enemies.
Anastasia Kerensky: Ruthless leader of the Steel Wolves-and if she has...
16) Radio Silence
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A missing ship, seemingly lost without any emergency signal. Without any trace. Marrakesh is dispatched to discover what happened to the Northwind. And rescue the crew if they can. What they find threatens a whole new front in the ongoing A'Zedi/Wronlori war. Radio Silence, the fourth book in the Operation Marrakesh series, takes the reader on a thrilling military space adventure. Be sure to read all the books in this series!
17) Into The Wind
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After the death of their grandfather, Will and Sara escaped with their nanny in the middle of the night, fleeing the treachery and greed of their grandfather's second wife who will stop at nothing to destroy what stands between her and the massive Trent fortune. Will and Sara's lives are thrown into chaos, enduring the sinking of the Northwind, dealing with sharks, storms, and starvation, relying only on their wits and close relationship to stay alive....
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Collects Incredible Hulk #286-295 & #297-300 and Annual #12. Bruce Banner still controls the mind and body of his green-skinned alter ego, but for how long? Banner, estranged from Betty Ross, settles in at his new Northwind laboratory as Kate Waynesboro enters his life as his research assistant - and soon becomes his new love interest. But what ulterior motive is she hiding? Then, when the Hulk returns from Battleworld after the Beyonder's Secret...
19) The Corps
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The great Star League general, Aleksandr Kerensky. Colonel Archer Christifori, a man with a score to settle. Neilson Geist, on Christmas patrol. MechWarrior Joanna of Clan Jade Falcon. A Sandoval scion. An eleven-year-old girl. Northwind Highlanders. A prisoner of war. They all have two things in common.
A universe torn apart by unending warfare.
A mission, to stand up against the darkness.
This compilation contains a selection of eighteen of 2004's...
20) Impetus of War
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Major Loren Jaffray is a soldier's soldier, a hardened professional who made his reputation with the Capellan Confederation's legendary Death Commandos. Now serving as an officer in the Northwind Highlanders, Loren longs to prove his loyalty to his new comrades. And, he's getting that chance, the Draconis Combine is hiring his regiment to take on a mission unlike any before it.
The ruthless Clan Smoke Jaguar emulate the savagery of their feline namesake...
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