First entry in a new series with four big all new <I>linked</i> novellas from multiple best-sellers Harry Turtledove, John Ringo & Jody Lynn Nye, S.M. Stirling, and Michael Z. Williamson!  After the extinction asteroid DOESN'T strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving – but so do the mammals.  We mammals have achieved human-like shapes, but now it's cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats.<b>  <P></b><P>In a heroic, Bronze Age world similar to <I>300</i>, the Mrem Clan of the Claw and its sister warbands are expanding their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic.  It's mammalian courage and adaptation against reptile cunning in a clash of steel and will that determine who shall inherit the Earth.<P><b>About contributor John Ringo:   </b><P>“[O]ne of the best…practitioners. . .of military SF.” –<I>Publishers Weekly</i>.<P>"[F]ast-paced military SF peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse" – <I>Library Journal</i><P>“[Ringo's work] “attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas…” – <I>Publishers Weekly</i> <P>"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo.” – <I>The Philadelphia Weekly Press</i> <P><b>About contributor Harry Turtledove:   </b><P>“…the master of alternative SF.”  –<I>Publishers Weekly</i><P>“Outstanding enterntainment.” <I>–Booklist</i><P><b>About contributor S.M. Stirling:   </b><P>“Stirling eloquently describes a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.”  –<I>Publishers Weekly </i>on Stirling's <I>The Scourge of God</i><P><b>About contributor Michael Z. Williamson:</b><P>“Williamson's military expertise is impressive.” –<I>SFReviews</i>