Cavalier's Gambit

Cavalier's Gambit, Book 1

By: William D. Arand

Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods

Wayne dreamed of piloting a thirty-foot-tall walking robot that was closer to a battle-tank than anything else.

They were called Walkers. They were armed with laser cannons, rockets, missiles, and heavy kinetic weapons more similar to artillery pieces than guns, and everything that went with that.

Unfortunately, he had been declined military service. His only avenue left to become a Walker Pilot was to make it happen all on his own. Under his own power. With his own hands. Literally.

Working his fingers to the bone, saving all he could, and digging through junkyards and salvage pits, Wayne made it happen. One part at a time.

He was now, finally, at the starting line.

Having built a very rough Walker that he had cobbled together himself, he scavenged a few weapons that were perfect for starting out and had just enough money to afford ammunition. His long-term dream was just about to start. Perhaps he would even form his own Walker Mercenary company and hire people to work with him.

Except just as he finally moves forward, his home world is about to take a gigantic leap backward—with Wayne at the center of it all, without ever truly realizing it.

©2024 William D. Arand (P)2024 Podium Audio

Good book

I didn’t like book reports in school. I love this author’s work.

Adding words to meet the absurd minimum word count.

Not bad

For a harem novel, it was more entertaining than I expected, although it is a bit silly how the protagonist somehow manages to always be astoundingly competent and succeed in the most extreme of circumstances.

Love it

It is a story you can listen and keep going then you get to the end and say is it really over? The Story is great. The voice acting was perfect and added to the depth of the story.

Mechwarrior's Wanted

If you are at all a fan of Armoredcore, BattleTech, Mechwarrior or Robotech, then this book will keep you wanting more.

This title brings you everything you'd expect from W.D.A.'s works and is a Mech-Ton of fun.

I highly recommend the book

I've enjoyed quite a few performances by this narration team. they did a fantastic job here as well. I'm a fan of most of this authors work and I quite enjoyed the story. I am curious as to whether he will be tying it into the greater universe. I don't see why I wouldn't so there does appear to be one outlier under a third pen name that I'm not sure he's ever going to go back to. our main character appears to be something of an orphan. his parents did whatever it took to get them out of abject poverty so that their son could grow up poor. sorted the difference between having to eat rats to live and only having to subsist on creamed corn sandwiches. our Intrepid Hero couples together enough junkyard parts to make his own Walker. is slow going getting that first mission but after that things start really picking up pace. our character is in a vastly different place of a completely alien social status by the end of the book. the lady is also come in hot and heavy though there are no spicy scenes. a very interested in a book too.

Great story.

actors brought the story to life. would highly recommend other titles by the team and author. looking forward to the next book.

Real good military sci-fi with mechs and good character development

good performance and kept my interest. thumbs up. waiting for the next release when it comes out

Arand does it, yet again!

Every single book I've read from this guy has been top tier. Some, I like better than others, but that's like saying I like caramel drizzled cheesecake more than cherry cheesecake.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this book fits in to the Runnerverse.
Please keep them coming.
Can't wait for book 2.
I'm giving this book 8.5 out of 5 stars.

Voices, story, characters & more, this book has them all!

One of my favorite authors, mix in a great story & fantastic voice acting and you get a wonderful book. This is why I buy all of this author’s writings and all the audibles too!

ai harbinger

this story is amazing. reminds allot of Gundam. can't wait for the next one. and no it isn't a copy paste of Gundam