ALIVE OR DEAD Just a few months after their universeshaking campaign on Helm and the distribution of the Helm Memory Core all Grayson Carlyle and his Gray Death Legion want is to settle into their new home on Glengarry But they barely touch down onplanet when a Lyran Commonwealth general contacts the GDL intent on hiring them to track down and capture Draconis Combine agents behind a daring raid on Lyons Tracking the Kurita raiders to the Draconis border system of Valdisbetter known as WheelGrayson and his people have their work cut out for them The systems main feature is literally a wheelshaped deepspace station and recharge facility at the Valdis stars zenith jump point Its structure means a direct assault with BattleMechs will be extremely risky both because of the tight quarters and the very real danger of an errant shot or missile depressurizing and destroying the entire station Also Grayson will be splitting his force with Lori Kalmar providing a decoy operation on the nearby mining planet Valdis I otherwise known as Rock to draw the Combines attention away from Wheel Its a highrisk operation on both ends but Grayson and the GDL have their orders and they intend to capture the Draconis operatives one way or the othereven if they have to risk destroying the entire space station to do so