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Michael A. Stackpole

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Born November 27, 1957 (68 years old)
Wausau, United States
Also known as: Michael Stackpole, Michael A Stackpole
51 books
4.2 (25)
187 readers

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Michael Austin Stackpole (born November 27, 1957) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books. He was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, but raised in Vermont. He has a BA in history from the University of Vermont. From 1977 on, he worked as a designer of role-playing games for various gaming companies, and wrote dozens of magazine articles with limited distribution within the industry. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Assumption of risk

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A sci-fi adventure novel based in the Battletech universe. Kai Allard-Liao has returned to the world that made his father famous, the gaming planet of Solaris VII. But being the Gaming World's Champion is the least of his worries as conflicts abound, from the arrival of a former lover to the assassination plot of a political leader.

A Hero Born (Realms of Chaos: The First Book)

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An apprentice swordsman, Locke has ridden the narrow trail to the City of the Sorcerers to see with his own eyes the Ward Walls that hold back the realms of Chaos. It is Locke’s dream to become a Chaos Rider, and seek his destiny beyond the Wall. It is Locke’s hope that somewhere, in the Wildness where time and change rage out of control, his lost father still survives. But more than just survival is at stake. For on the other side of the Wall awaits a Darkness beyond all ken – an evil inchoate that will test the steel of one young hero and, indeed, all of that bold and foolish race called humankind. (from the back cover)

Talion

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Justices – the select of the Talion, endowed with fearsome magick and lethal martial skills – roam the Shattered Empire, crushing the lawless and championing the oppressed. Their word is law and their judgment binding on highborn and low. Nolan is a Justice born in what once was the free nation of Sinjaria. Orphaned in the war of conquest with the nation of Hamis, he traveled to far Talianna and secured the right to become a Justice. Now, years later, the Master of all Talions has a dangerous assignment for Nolan: he is to guard the life of the king who destroyed Sinjaria and slaughtered his family. Alone, Nolan ventures into the political maelstrom that is the court of Hamis to stop an assassin even his Masters think cannot be slain . . . (from the back cover)

At the queen's command

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A new fantasy series, re-imagining the events of the American Revolutionary War. The Crown Colonies of Mystria are in turmoil. Owen's mission is to survey this vast, uncharted territory. Prince Vlad struggles to ensure the colonist's interests are represented back in Norisle. And Vlad has a wurm-- one of the few existing "dragons" from a clutch discovered in the old world ...