BattleTech: Visions of Rebirth

Founding of the Clans, Book Two

De: Randall N. Bills

Narrado por: Brian Kozak, Charlie K. James

THE DREAM DESTROYED....

General Aleksandr Kerensky is dead. The Pentagon Worlds are in flames. The dream of a Star League-in-Exile is over, shattered by civil war. Amid the chaos, Nicholas Kerensky leads those who will follow him on a second exodus to the world of Strana Mechty.

Yet unlike his father, Nicholas must choose a different path: He wants to do away with all that was, and create an entirely new order. However, the bounds of society that go back millennia cannot be shed so easily. Resistance must be overcome, and blood must be spilled before Nicholas' dream can be achieved. But without his brother Andery's help, the entire venture is doomed before it even begins.

Brothers, however, don't always share the same goals. And as more aspects of civilization are purged in the relentless forging of this new society, Andery fears the worst of human nature will arise. Can he find a way forward and stay by his brother’s side…or will Nicholas’ ultimate vision be realized as everything Andery stands against?

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Great voice acting great story

Are you looking to get in to Battletech? We’ll don’t start here go to book one of the series, listen to this wonderful performance next! Voice acting is great the story has genuine moments of suspense, intrigue and mystery that will make it very difficult to wait for the next book to be released.

well written

It keeps your attention and explains a missing section of history in the genre overall a must listen.

Interesting story, performance was tough at times

I like the narrator and as a Battletech fan, I appreciate the attention to detail and pronunciation.

My complaint is that sometimes the angst, or tortured anger of Andry’s internal thoughts is so constant that it’s grating after a while. And there were definitely times where Andry was speaking aloud and I could not tell because his internal thoughts were so angsty that I didn’t know which was which.

Very happy otherwise, and if that’s really just how the book is, then I think the narrator did a very good job.

Very interesting backstory for the Clans creation.

I enjoyed the overall series, and the learning of how the clans came to be. I disliked Andre’s loathing for Nicolas and the groveling he had ongoing. It got old.

nice explanation of how clans came to be!

good story linea though I'd like to see the younger brother finally bring the Karinskie name out to the glory it neades to create the clan worlds

Insufferable character development

I'm a huge fan of the Battletech universe, read all the books to this point and played all of the games.
the narration is extremely well done. High praise for their talent and ability to bring the text to life. That being said, for lack of better words, Andery is an insufferable pansy. Throughout the books he has little to no growth as a character in virtually any positive light. I understand he essentially exists to keep Nicholas in check with his humanity (despite being a clear sociopath) he literally fails at every turn. he hates his name yet feels he should be given whatever he wants because who he is. The vast majority of the books are his whiny and insufferable inner monologue. If only he said 90% of what he thinks, he may be an easier character to enjoy... maybe. I personally believe they've done him a disservice and couldn't imagine a son of Kerensky to be such a child. Just my opinion.

The information given on the exodus and the perspective of the Clans creation is very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing to establish the lore but Andrey sucks.

I loved the characters and setting

the characters and their personal growth really shows by the end of the book especially Nicholas.

wasted time on to much detail of useless things.

this reads like a high school report. you know where the teacher said 5000 words and you finished it about 2000 words short. so you went back and added BS descriptions of nothing to fluff the report.

So much whining...

Between the narrator and the the way Andery is written make this book so brooding and whining and not in a good way. Such a shame the formation of the clans was written so poorly. Very disappointed..

Terrible narrator with an overly detailed story.

The audiobook narrators voice lacks clarity and the author spends too much time describing feelings, flowers and sunsets instead of telling the story of the beginning of a warrior society.