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Lords of Conflict is the first book in the best-selling Star Crusades: Mercenaries series that follows the violent struggles of the Alliance, mankind's first interstellar empire. Spartan is a full time income star, a veteran of the Alliance Marine Corps, victor of a variety of military campaigns including the horrific Biomech Conflict. He is both beloved and reviled by friend and foe likewise, and today lives out on the fringes of the Alliance. He has fought for the money, for his people as well as for the very survival of his species, and lost everything in the process. But when two of his closest friends are captured providing weapons to the anxious Byotai settlers of Karnak, the battle becomes personal. The Great Biomech War left millions useless, colonies burnt, and cities considered ash. Large numbers more continue to endure in the harshest of conditions. The Alliance tries to restore order, yet already new enemies have started to strike at will, urged by their weakness. Boundary planets succumb to the raids of warlords, and many hesitation how much time the peace will last, after it was received at such cost. Because the end of the warfare, Spartan and his friends have worked to create at the very top fighting force based at Taxxu, for use by the Alliance. Making use of the latest high-energy weapons, armored fighting with each other suits and a prototype Confederate-class warship, it will be a force unlike any the Alliance has seen before. Spartan will use this and almost every other advantage at his disposal to save his friends. Nothing, not even the entire might of the invading Anicinàbe clans and their fearsome clan leaders, can stop him, even if it means starting his own private warfare. Star Crusades: Mercenaries is the third Star Crusades series, and is defined in the aftermath of the apocalyptic Biomech Conflict. The war may have been received, but after nine long years the future still appears bleak. Total planets stay devastated, and an incredible number of residents are homeless.
