Front Lines

Front Lines (original cover)
Product information
Type	Anthology
Development	Jason Schmetzer and Philip A. Lee (editors)
Pages	264 (POD)
Cover Artwork	Matt Heerdt and David Kerber (design)
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	35805
First published	5 August 2016 25 August 2019 (re-release)
ISBN-10	1-941-58220-6
ISBN-13	978-1-941582-20-6
MSRP	$ 12.95 (POD) $ 4.99 (EPUB)
Content
Era	Various
Preceded by	Counterattack
Followed by	Kill Zone

Front Lines (subtitle: BattleCorps Anthology, Vol. 6) contains nine short stories previously published online on BattleCorps throughout 2009, plus one previously unpublished, new story (The Discovery of Command). The anthology was first released at Gen Con in 2016. It was later republished in POD format with a new cover on 25 August 2019.

New cover since 2019 re-release

After the publication of this anthology, the BattleCorps website would publish its last story Permanent Losses on 4 December 2016, and went offline a few months later. It was not until 2019 that a seventh BattleCorps anthology (Kill Zone) was published.

Contents

• Foreword, by Jason Schmetzer
• The Few, The Lucky by Chris Hussey
• Operation Rat: The Totalitarian Mind by Steven Mohan Jr.
• Hikagemono by Craig A. Reed
• Something More by Jason Hansa
• The Discovery of Command by Harper Brand
• Son of Blake by Blaine Lee Pardoe
• A Light in the Dark by Christopher Purnell
• Irreplaceable by Jason Hansa
• Last Stop by Chris Hussey
• Brothers in Arms by Christopher Purnell

From the Back Cover

“

HONOR. DESPERATION. JIHAD. Inhuman cybernetic soldiers invade a peaceful world, bringing terror and misery in the name of a new flag. A young soldier, part of the most maligned military machine in history, struggles to find meaning in his service. And the prince of a star-spanning empire discovers that not even he can protect the people he loves. Ten stories of combat, honor, betrayal and death fill the pages of FRONT LINES: BATTLECORPS ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 6. Savvy readers will recognize familiar names in BattleTech lore among the authors: Steven Mohan, Jr., and Blaine Lee Pardoe, who welcome newer writers such as Jason Hansa, Christopher Purnell and Craig A. Reed, Jr. These writers have shaped the direction of the BattleTech universe. In 2009, they told the stories that demonstrated the indomitable will that has carried BattleTech readers across more than 25 years of publication.

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Notes

• The inital book version had erroneously expanded Son of Blake with parts of the story The Loyal Son (which is the sequel to Son of Blake). This was quickly discovered and a corrected version was uploaded that includes (only) Son of Blake. The Loyal Son was included in the following anthology Kill Zone.