Battletech: Fall from Glory

Founding of the Clans, Book One

De: Randall N. Bills

Narrado por: Brian Kozak, Charlie K. James

FLIGHT INTO THE UNKNOWN.

100 million dead. 500 million wounded. One billion homeless. The worst war in human history is over—and has left the Star League shattered. Jealousy and infighting from the five Great House Lords over who will be the next First Lord has the entire Inner Sphere already teetering on the brink of all-out conflict again.

Against this grim backdrop, Aleksandr Kerensky, commanding general of the Star League Defense Force, faces a terrible choice. Stay, and see the mightiest military ever known subsumed into the Great Houses, lighting a conflagration that may burn even brighter than the terrible Amaris Coup. Or do the unthinkable.

To save the Inner Sphere, Aleksander—along with his sons, Nicholas and Andery—must leave it behind. He marshals the largest fleet ever assembled to carry millions of people on thousands of JumpShips to head into the unknown. Exodus!

But though the Great General strives to make a fresh start for his people far from the Inner Sphere, old habits and allegiances are difficult to leave behind. Soon the Kerenskys and their followers face threats both external and internal as they search the endless black for a new world upon which they can forge a Star League-in-Exile…or die trying.

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the history you have been looking for

this book tells the story of the founding kerensky's father then sons and the turmoil that gave birth to the clans. CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT TWO BOOKS OF THE SEIRES TO BE NARRATED. please hurry.

Humanizes the Clans

Randall took on the difficult task of writing about a period of time in Battletech when there weren’t many mech battles, yet he made this novel very engaging nonetheless. Loved the nuanced take on all three Kerenskys that helps explain the thinking behind the Clans. And the voice actors did another great job. Can’t wait for the next book!

a great insight into a lesser known part of the universe

the story took a while to hook me in but it did. the only complaint I have is that the narrators are incredibly quiet at times

A human touch to the inhuman like clans

indepth character development, good storytelling in line with the lore, bring clarity to the start of the clans

Great performance and great book

Really great audiobook, the set pieces on Earth under occupation and “Kolyat” and his mother were chilling. It was a pleasure to listen to this.

Great book well read

Love the plot and the narration! Greatly done. The series will hopefully continue next upload!

A Good History Starter for the Clans.

This book has a decent amount of history if the founding of the clans and expands on the history of the Kerensky family. It is definitely worth the read for fans of the Battletech universe; especially Clanners.

Humanizes the Kerensky family

This was a solid entry in the Battletech series and one of the better Battletech audiobooks. A varied cast of several narrators bring life to the characters without falling into the problems some previous Battletech narrators have had with mispronouncing names or words unique to this setting.

The only reason I'm lowering this by 1 star is the somewhat inconsistent normalization of audio across the different actors. I mostly listen to audiobooks while commuting, and sometimes some of the characters were too quiet compared to the rest of the mixing, making it hard to hear while driving. This could presumably be fixed with an updated edit of the same recordings, and I'll gladly update this review to 5 stars if I find that has happened someday.

bad.

I thought it would help tie the inner sphere and the clan lore time lines together. It was mostly psychoanalysis of the younger Kerinsky mind. Too much inner monolog. Too much emotional analysis. Female voice was very difficult to hear in the car even with the volume all the way up. Flash backs in time were weird. Did not see a purpose to them. Story line failed to keep me engaged. I did not care if I finished the audio or not. Won't be listening to book 2. I have read 70 to 80 percent of the published paperback books. listen to 6 or 7 audio books, this is the worst in my opinion.