We've collected four tales of unmatched valor for April and May. Four stories of the proud soldiers of the Inner Sphere doing their very best to hold back the onslaught of the Clan invasion.

We're a long way from those days of wine and song, when we were reading the Blood of Kerensky trilogy and watching the Clans arrive in real-time. We've had civil wars and holy jihads and dark ages since, but the last days of 3049 and first days of 3050 remain some of the most game-changing for the Inner Sphere.

We wanted to go back there--so we contracted four authors to tell four stories from those days.

Four stories of soldiers doing their duty--to home, to hearth, to coin, to khan. Four stories of sacrifice and blood and conquest.

Are you ready?