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BattleTech: Blood Will Tell

By: Jason Schmetzer
Narrated by: Liisa Lee
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Ties that bind...

Danai Liao-Centrella is many things: Solaris gladiator; proud military commander; successful diplomat. All of those roles pale beneath perhaps the heaviest responsibility of anyone in the Capellan Confederation: To speak the truth to its ruler, Chancellor Daoshen Liao. He is the undeniable dictator of hundreds of worlds. Mighty armies move at his command. Billions of lives hang on his every decision.

Against that, she must speak the truth.

And the truth is, the war with House Davion must end. Because there is a greater danger looming: The Republic of the Sphere, hiding behind its impenetrable fortress. When that wall comes down, the Confederation must be ready. It cannot be distracted. Danai will pay whatever price necessary to make Daoshen see that.

And that price will be heavy. It will force her to take on a role unlike any other: Servant of the people. In the Confederation, the people are the heart of the state. When - not if - the wall falls, Danai and her regiment will be ready.

They'll have to be ready, because behind the wall the Republic regiments are finally ready to come out of hiding. On worlds like Elgin, Hall, and Liberty, Republic forces are prepared: Well-trained, and armed with weapons the Capellans have never seen.

When BattleMechs clash, Danai will have to choose between serving the Chancellor or serving the people.

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Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Space War
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Compelling Main Character • Deep Political Machinations • Excellent Pronunciation • Striking Battle Scenes
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One of the weakest Battletech books I've listened to. Narrator is ok. As for the story, I did like that this book focused on the Capellan's, which are rarely focused on. The story had some good points, but a lot of it was a slog to get through. Listen to the other books first, and if you have to have more, give this one a try at that point.

Meh

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I like the story but it left me with lots of Lore questions. Not sure if its the writer or the Narrator but its kinda odd, like pauses or breaths that seem miss placed. still good just a bit hard to fallow at the start.

Good book lots of questions now...

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Was it the Capellan perspective?... The narrator?... The?... Don't know... Just didn't like it.

Struggled through this one...

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first depiction I've seen of Capellans that is actually believable. I'm tired of the mustache twirling supervillain nonsense. cool characters and fun action scenes

Don't overlook this one

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Faint praise to be sure, but this isn’t that bad compared to other BT books. Some of the writing is decent, though it sure takes a long time for Danai to learn obvious things. Also, the ending was abrupt. The narration was adequate—3/4 of the way through the book, the story indicates that one of the main characters stammers a lot, which I think the narrator had been trying to depict all along. Not as good an audiobook as Embers of War.

There are worse BT books

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Great entry to the Ilclan era. Excellent narration by Lisa Lee. I hope to hear more from her in future bt books.

Excellent BattleTech Fiction

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It was tolerable, she has good pronunciation, the story was well written! Women need to stop wanting equality, it destroys, more, than fixs. Cheers!

Even tho its a female narrator, it wasn’t terrible

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It was a fun book overall; written from the perspective of arguably the "bad guys" as they invade and conquer planets. The main character had growth, and reasonable believability.

the voice acting was really quite good for a battletech novel; which I was very happy about.

There was no resolution to the novel, however. It just sort of ended. Also, many of the plotlines throughout were unresolved and unexplained.

Acceptable Foray into Battletech

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All around good story well performed. Can’t wait to see what happens next for house Liao !!

Genuinely enjoyed this one!!

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The narrator doesn’t seem to have any prior knowledge regarding family names or their pronunciation. It is very jarring to hear names (like Kurita, for example) mangled over and over again.

She also doesn’t seem to have a very comprehensive vocabulary. She mispronounced many words that are not exclusive to BattleTech fiction.

Narrator should learn proper pronunciations.

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