The mercenary Northwind Highlanders are recruited to take an enemy-held supply planet. But when they arrive, they find their intelligence reports worthless, and the planet heavily-fortified and guarded by elite "Mech warriors! Outgunned and out-numbered, the Highlanders are left with only one option--a desperate plan that could turn the tide, or leave them smoking hulks on the 'Mech-littered battlefield.
A very good entry into the Battletech series. Although I found the Clan characters a bit one-dimensional, the clan characters were obviously not the primary focus and thus shouldn't be as well developed. I wish some of the rivalries within the Highlanders had been developed more, but all in all a fun read.