About the book: year / NEW ALLIES. OLD ENEMIES. For mech warrior Zane, loyalty to the New Star Cat Clan comes first. And when he sees his clan disgraced, cast out, and suddenly united with the hated Inner Sphere, his only desire is to restore the New Star Cats to their former greatness. To Palmer Yoshio, the Draconis Combine is the only noble clan in the entire galaxy. But when he is forced to train with the outcast New Star Cats, he finds that his own sense of honor is very much at odds with his leader's. Now, for Zane and Yoshio, the line between the concepts of “friend” and “enemy” will be blurred by the blood of their fallen comrades, neither of them will be able to look at their universe from the same angle anymore.