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3 years ago
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Also casue i don't want to just be biz and shitty life stuff in it entirety on here, i thought i talk about something fun that i think ya'll should check out.
So if you noticed i like battletech, well alongside my love of painting and painting with minis, i also love reading and have slowly been reading a few of the BattleTech novels, witch has been really interesting as this the first time i really used Epub stuff to read the book on my phone before i head to bed, unless i have a one of m frequent headache which regrettable has been slowing my reading of the newest book i got but non the less it has been really nice change of pace as most of my experience with reading book digitally has been with comic and i tend to hate the way the do they tend to do Epub for them. I honestly preferer the old webcomic way of here a page scroll and look at it then hit a button, so ya if you don't have space or want to save cash it a pretty good way to read apparently, who know i guess lol.
First one i read up was BattleTech: redemption rite by Jason Schmetzer, So this was the novel that i was most interested in as a lot of people were saying it was a great place to be your entry point into BattleTech fiction in the current lore and they were not wrong as even with me having read a bit of the lore most of what i know was extremely scattershot or was contained to one sourcebook that just came out, about a small section of the galaxy the universe take place in that not different from said novel. So going in with must well i hope it good and give me a decent frame of reference for stuff maybe and a idea of the general tone and vib of the setting, oh boy was it good.
The book basically is about a famous mercenary know as the wolf's dragoons unit that has ties to one of the major power in the setting know as clan wolf, (there a caste based warrior society, so think Klingons mix with space marines from 40k kinda) and after a minor civil war in the mercs command a bunch of those merc went off to fight with said clan and fucked up badly, so now we have those who stayed behind left to pick up the pieces and deal with there returning fallen comrades. As well as begin there plan to exact revenge on the clan wolf for fucking them over, alongside that we get the perspective on a clan wolf leader as he struggle to maintain the empire after almost every abled boded warrior was taken and along with huge number of supplies and mechs were used in a bid to take earth.
So baring the actual lore and shit the story is about the rebuilding on this merc group and it attack the wolfs empire while there week as part one of there revenge and that decent there some fun bit in that part but what honestly is the most interesting is with our pov character in the wolfs empire. as he basically a man having to rally and hold onto what is basically a huge empire with basically nothing and having to make hard calls as well as dealing with what is basically a massive cultural upheaval when he learns that they finally took over earth and proclaimed themselves ILLCAN aka the king of everything and he missed it, he missed out on the biggest most important event in any warrior in that culture history. so there a lot of interesting bit with him grappling with his faith or loyalty to his clan as he questioning what the point of his actions and his growing resentment to his leader.
So over all i really recommend this book as when i finished it i instantly was left wanting more from these character as well as this writer, there a prequal to the book out called redemption rift and as soon as i finish my current book I'm picking up that to see a bit more of the wolfs dragoons.
The current book I'm reading is another BattleTech novel: A Question of Survival by Bryan Young and while iv only read the prologue and a bit of the first chapter i can definitely say I'm hooked as it written in a way that instantly get you interested in the people we follow and to see what there actions take. this one basically going to have a mix of what goes done from a sourcebook, we got some political thriller stuff mix in with some found family themes and presumably more as iv heard nothing but good thing about the book.
Here's a link to both novel if you wanted to grab them digitally and if you preferer paperback both are up on amazon so feel free to chech them out if what i talked about sound interesting or just BattleTech in general as it a really fun game to play as well.
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/pr.....on-of-Survival
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/pr.....demption-Rites
So if you noticed i like battletech, well alongside my love of painting and painting with minis, i also love reading and have slowly been reading a few of the BattleTech novels, witch has been really interesting as this the first time i really used Epub stuff to read the book on my phone before i head to bed, unless i have a one of m frequent headache which regrettable has been slowing my reading of the newest book i got but non the less it has been really nice change of pace as most of my experience with reading book digitally has been with comic and i tend to hate the way the do they tend to do Epub for them. I honestly preferer the old webcomic way of here a page scroll and look at it then hit a button, so ya if you don't have space or want to save cash it a pretty good way to read apparently, who know i guess lol.
First one i read up was BattleTech: redemption rite by Jason Schmetzer, So this was the novel that i was most interested in as a lot of people were saying it was a great place to be your entry point into BattleTech fiction in the current lore and they were not wrong as even with me having read a bit of the lore most of what i know was extremely scattershot or was contained to one sourcebook that just came out, about a small section of the galaxy the universe take place in that not different from said novel. So going in with must well i hope it good and give me a decent frame of reference for stuff maybe and a idea of the general tone and vib of the setting, oh boy was it good.
The book basically is about a famous mercenary know as the wolf's dragoons unit that has ties to one of the major power in the setting know as clan wolf, (there a caste based warrior society, so think Klingons mix with space marines from 40k kinda) and after a minor civil war in the mercs command a bunch of those merc went off to fight with said clan and fucked up badly, so now we have those who stayed behind left to pick up the pieces and deal with there returning fallen comrades. As well as begin there plan to exact revenge on the clan wolf for fucking them over, alongside that we get the perspective on a clan wolf leader as he struggle to maintain the empire after almost every abled boded warrior was taken and along with huge number of supplies and mechs were used in a bid to take earth.
So baring the actual lore and shit the story is about the rebuilding on this merc group and it attack the wolfs empire while there week as part one of there revenge and that decent there some fun bit in that part but what honestly is the most interesting is with our pov character in the wolfs empire. as he basically a man having to rally and hold onto what is basically a huge empire with basically nothing and having to make hard calls as well as dealing with what is basically a massive cultural upheaval when he learns that they finally took over earth and proclaimed themselves ILLCAN aka the king of everything and he missed it, he missed out on the biggest most important event in any warrior in that culture history. so there a lot of interesting bit with him grappling with his faith or loyalty to his clan as he questioning what the point of his actions and his growing resentment to his leader.
So over all i really recommend this book as when i finished it i instantly was left wanting more from these character as well as this writer, there a prequal to the book out called redemption rift and as soon as i finish my current book I'm picking up that to see a bit more of the wolfs dragoons.
The current book I'm reading is another BattleTech novel: A Question of Survival by Bryan Young and while iv only read the prologue and a bit of the first chapter i can definitely say I'm hooked as it written in a way that instantly get you interested in the people we follow and to see what there actions take. this one basically going to have a mix of what goes done from a sourcebook, we got some political thriller stuff mix in with some found family themes and presumably more as iv heard nothing but good thing about the book.
Here's a link to both novel if you wanted to grab them digitally and if you preferer paperback both are up on amazon so feel free to chech them out if what i talked about sound interesting or just BattleTech in general as it a really fun game to play as well.
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/pr.....on-of-Survival
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/pr.....demption-Rites
