BattleTech

Forever Faithful

De: Blaine Lee Pardoe

Narrado por: Tren Sparks

SEMPER FIDELIS

In the year 3060, the reborn Star League has destroyed Clan Smoke Jaguar, conquered their home world Huntress, and scattered the few remaining Jaguar warriors to the winds. Now the League seeks to end the Clan invasion for good by using former Smoke Jaguars against their own people.

Meanwhile, two bitter enemies seek to salvage a future for the last Jaguars in existence: Trent, who betrayed his wayward Clan to help them regain their honor, and Paul Moon, a disgraced warrior torn between his pledged loyalty to the Star League and a duty to the Smoke Jaguar civilization he was born to protect.

But power-hungry predators lurk in Clan space, waiting for the right time to strike the vulnerable Star League forces. And to the victor will go the spoils: The priceless artifacts of a destroyed Clan and the sacred genetics of the final generation of Smoke Jaguar warriors.

Trent and Paul Moon must fight tooth and nail against would-be conquerors to save the soul of the surviving Jaguar people before they are consigned to the annals of history. But will their divergent plans tear the survivors apart, or lead them toward freedom?

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Perfect

I have enjoyed the book from start to finish. Finding books in such quality here is great. This looks like a good time to be a battletech fan.

Heavy on lore, light on stompy mech combat.

Decent plot and political intrigue but very little of the mech combat that would make it feel like BattleTech. The lore was fun, focusing on lesser-known aspects of the Clans. The characters were mostly reasonable, though sometimes a bit repetitive. Given the lack of recent BattleTech novels, I'd still recommend this to fans of the setting, but "Embers of War" was closer to the original series.

Based on the descriptions of the fights, I suspect the author read some of the BattleTech books but never played the games (disregard for weapon ranges, torso twisting, mobility advantage).

Narrator was good, though his choice of voices missed the mark a few times, though that might be attributed to the writing. 31-year-old Victor Steiner-Davion, seasoned combatant and commander, sounds like whiny college freshman.

A slice of the batteltech universe in one story

Its a cool story that gives an interesting look at the inner sphere post clan invasion, and its fallout on the clans afterwards. Come for big stompy robots, stay for two old clanners coming to terms with their failures and eachother whiletrying to find a new way through the galaxy. has the distinct honor of being the only batteltech book to make me cry a little.

Echoes of Great Battletech Novels Past

This novel feels like a return to an earlier era of BT fiction, where characters were interesting and had actual story arcs, and political maneuvering and spycraft were as important as 'Mech battles.

It's great to pair up Paul Moon and Trent again, and give their story some closure, just as it's interesting to see Clans Nova Cat and Goliath Scorpion portrayed with nuance. BLP is an old hand at BT fiction, but his love of the canon is obvious (...even if Paul Moon's redemption comes a little faster than one would expect of a Smoke Jaguar).

Oh, one hit on the narration (and only one): referring to the Smoke Jaguars as the Smoke "Jagwires" was really distracting. I think the UK English "Jag'-yew-wer" pronunciation would have been less jarring, honestly. Otherwise, a fantastic performance.

Overall, a good tale, told as a remembrance of Victor Steiner-Davion, post-Jihad and post-founding of the Republic of the Sphere (and, please God, can we retcon then entire MW:DA era as the fever dream of a dying Victor at some point?). BLP took the opportunity to fill in some of the historical gaps, and did so with great skill. Well worth the read or listen.

Repetitive but Good

Throughout the book some of the same conversations were continually re-hashed. it did not take away from the story, but did seem unneeded.

still worth the listen.

Great Story - Marvelously Told

Very well crafted story with rich character depth. Good mix of intrigue, action, and drama.

Expertly narrated throughout. Engaging voice talent made it easy to follow the various characters from beginning to end.

Highly recommended!

Some of the Best of Battletech

An easy listen start to finish. Recommend some background in Battletech lore but the book does an acceptable job of filling in some details. I'd check reddit for a listening order. Highly recommended.

A Story I wasn’t ready for

I won’t lie I didn’t know much about the world of battle tech and a great many other pieces of its lore. But this audio not only taught me about how the clans and other factions function but it did it in an engaging way that kept me on the edge of my seat. The narrator also did a great job in his performance and wasn’t expecting much commitment to the story but I feel that he has more than delivered. This book has my highest adoration and I hope that many more people will find the time to enjoy this as I have.

Amazing, absolutely amazing!

Blaine Pardoe outdid himself with this book, Tren Sparks is such a great narrator and I hope he does so many more!

an amazing story of death and rebirth

an amazing story of love and loss, of death and rebirth. a tale of how one of the most arrogant of clans was humbled by mistakes of the past and how it was only two men that set it all I motion and how they deal with the future.

I highly recommend this book. Its a great story that will leave you even a bit humbled. the narrorator tend sparks is as good as ever.

Blaine, you out did yourself with this one. <3