BattleTech: By Civil Blood Betrayed:

by Bryan Young

WAR BEGETS WAR!

As the Civil War rages on across every system in the Rasalhague Dominion, Prince Hjalmer Miraborg looks for anything he can to unite a Dominion in chaos. That’s when he decides that an invasion of the Draconis Combine might just be the trick.

Vespertine and Strider, separated after their fateful duel, seek transfers elsewhere and both find themselves on different fronts of this unifying war of convenience against the Combine, struggling to find meaning amidst their troubles at home and abroad.

132 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2026

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

[Christopher OBrien · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fight for the dominion continues

Bryan has really salvaged the once controversial Dominion Civil War plotline for me with this series. Can't wait for the conclusion.