Blue Sun Armada

Blue Sun Armada, Book 1

De: Scott Moon

Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer

One man and his family of warriors love nothing better than mech battles, powered swords, and boarding actions. They're about to get their fill.

Duke Uron Marlboro led his mighty house to victory in the Zezner war. The last thing he expected was for his political allies to turn on him once the planetary invasion was thwarted.

With a civil war brewing between the noble houses, Uron has one option: lead a long-awaited expedition to find his people's mysterious home world.

As the wrathful king's forces close in, can Uron and his family escape their doomed planet before their once great house is destroyed forever?

Blue Sun Armada is the first installment in an epic space opera series set in the far-flung future, perfect for fans of legendary mech battles, intense fleet engagements, and deadly politics.

Grab your copy now to start the fight for survival!

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Scott Moon has outdone himself – Absolute Standout

Blue Sun Armada is the first in an epic series that follows House Marlboro on the planet Gildain in a future in which humanity has expanded into the stars. With a monarchy and a series of aristocratic Houses, each family is responsible for maintaining their own force of ‘Battlemechs’ which they must be ready to supply to the King at his request.
At the start of book 1, we follow Uron ‘Ron’ Marlboro, the head of House Marlboro leading his forces, including several other Houses against an alien invader called the Zezner, and bringing their invasion to an end.
What should be a time of peace on Gildain at the end of this war however, only starts the internal politics of House fighting, as each of the Houses sees an opportunity to try and gain not only favour with the King, but climb higher on the aristocratic ladder by eliminating rivals.
Victor Marlboro is in love with the daughter of another House, Penelope Danestar. However, House Danestar has decided that they are not high enough, and are going to remove House Marlboro, hoping that so close to the end of the war, that they might not be at their peak.
They attempt to take Victor as he goes to meet Penelope, and this sets off a chain reaction of events.
The start of this book is intense, we move from the end of the Zezner war, and within pages, we move to an all out House war, with multiple minor and medium Houses all gathered to attack, or stand with, one of the planets largest Houses. The ensuing battle is brutal, gritty, and full-on. Moon writes the Mech battle sequences beautifully so that you really feel you are caught up in the middle of it, moving from different PoV’s as he changes to different characters in the conflict.
The resultant outcome leads House Marlboro to understand that their days on Gildain could be numbered.
Another party approaches them, and suggests that Duke Uron go on the Blue Sun mission, a long term, possibly one-way mission, to find the lost planet of their origin. The Duke begins to realise that the King is threatened by him, and is not going to put up with his existence for much longer.
The Duke, worried about the welfare of his family, decides that this is the only option that he can take. This leads to him and his family preparing for the Blue Sun Mission. What follows though, is an intriguing story of politics, House infighting, and subterfuge. When Fortune and Pep’s, Uron’s two daughters are kidnapped by the King, it all begins to unfold.
From the first pages, to the very last pages, this book is a powerful, edge of your seat thriller, with a multi-faceted storyline that is not only intriguing, but full of brutal, incredibly detailed and masterfully described combat sequences.
Once you start reading, you will be captivated and completely absorbed – there is an intensity, almost frantic edge to the conflict, but the calmness of the Marlboro pilots brings it back to this authentic portrayal of mech combat, Scott Moon is a master at this form of Sci-Fi.
The Character work is exceptional, from every member of House Marlboro, especially the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ style love between Penelope and Victor, their story is well known, but no less tragic in this iteration. Fortune Marlboro is by far one of the best characters in the book as the sassy fighter pilot. There are so many brilliant characters, it would take pages to detail them all!! The world-building, from the descriptions of Gildain, the city, and the different Houses, to the depictions of the mechs that each of the House’s stride around, really make this story, bringing it to life in intricate detail.
This is one of those stories that you think might just be another Mech story, but you’ll give it a go (I mean, we love Mech stories!!), but this is an absolute standout in the Genre – if you love this type of story (and who doesn’t??), then do yourself a favour!
Jeffrey Kafer is one of the best narrators around when it comes to Mil Sci-Fi, he has such an outstanding voice for narrating this style of story. He can do a great set of voices, both male and female, and he does a great ‘range’ of voices to – so that you can distinguish who is talking during the narration (without having to be told), Kafer has this brilliant, almost clinical narrating style, that is perfect for a Military Sci-Fi story. I have always been amazed that he can create such exceptional voices, and provide the emotional background for these voices to, and at the same time, switch back to this detached style for the rest of the Narration – allowing you to know when someone is talking, and when the story is being told. His prologues and when he is filling you on background story are just exceptional. Kafer is one of the best Narrators there is for Audio – and this is one of those that you just have to listen to as you will get so much more out of it rather than reading the book.

too weak of a story

story starts out with a battle. no context no background. got to chapter 4 and still nothing about the gear, mechs they are using.