BattleTech: Giving up the Ghost

by Bryan Young

A NEW BEGINNING…

Hank Mallory runs the Wolfhounds, an elite, self-sufficient company of the fabled Kell Hounds mercenary unit. But when Callandre Kell gives the order for the Hounds to scatter in the wake of vicious attacks from the Jade Falcons, Mallory and his unit must transform overnight into a brand-new unit or risk being hunted down themselves.

Naturally, they head to the Mercenary’s Star, Galatea, to eradicate their previous identity and do whatever it takes to transform into something new…no matter what unusual missions that transformation may require…

( This is the same novella that was distributed to the BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter campaign. If you received this story through the campaign, you do not need to buy it here.)

Genres: Science Fiction

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2023

About the author

Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG and has written five books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet, A Question of Survival, Fox Tales, Without Question, and the forthcoming VoidBreaker. His latest non-fiction tie-in book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.

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Reviews

[J Murdock · Rating 2 out of 5]

The demise of one of the best Merc outfits in Battletech.

Go woke, go broke. Really, the best we can do from Kell Hounds ( Helps Hounds) is "Ghost dogs"???!!?? Seriously, rainbow flags and pink paint. How depressing. The new logo is a German Shepard under a sheet????

How far Brian Young has damaged this series. Anyone with pronouns in their bio needs to stop writing for Battletech.

[Ben Shouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story.

Great addition to the myth of the Kell Hounds mech unit. A unique unit o add alongside the Crescent Hawks. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Tim Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice brief start to what is hopefully a good series around a sub unit of the Kell Hounds.

[Jeff Sinclair · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting start to a sub faction of the Kell Hounds. More story than just combat.