BattleTech Legends: Decision at Thunder Rift

The Gray Death Legion Saga, Book 1

By: William H. Keith Jr.

Narrated by: Tren Sparks

The epic first novel of the legendary science-fiction series.

Thirty meters tall, 70 tons of quick-striding death and destruction, the armored war machines called BattleMechs are the frontline forces of the crumbling star empire locked in the horror of the endless Succession Wars. Their pilots are MechWarriors, 31st-century knights riding armored machines powerful enough to take a city apart.

Grayson Death Carlyle had been training to be a MechWarrior since he was 10 years old, but his graduation came sooner than expected. With his friends and family dead and his father's regiment destroyed, young Grayson finds himself stranded on a world turned hostile. Now he must learn the hardest lesson of all: It takes more than a BattleMech to make a MechWarrior....

But to claim that title, all Grayson has to do is go out and capture one of those giant killing machines...if it doesn't kill him first.

About BattleTech:

Decision at Thunder Rift is one of the first of more than 90 novels set in the BattleTech universe, a 31st-century setting of constant war between planets, nations, and peoples. A ‘Mech is a 12-meter-tall, 100-ton walking war machine. Only another ‘Mech can face one. Mercenary armies battle for pay, for honor, and for causes innumerable.

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Great production of a Classics Battletech book

wonderful performance by the narrator, and it was fantastic to finally get a classic Battletech novel unabridged in audio format. looking forward to more!

I've been waiting so long

I read all the battletech "legends" growing up and have been constantly hoping (and emailing authors) about getting the audio out in an unabridged version. I hope they continue to add all the battletech novels to audible in an unabridged state, and I'll happily buy each and every one. Now that I finished book 1, time to go buy more credits to get books 2 and 3!

As good as I remember.

This book is a phenomenal introduction to the BattleTech universe. Though many of the assumptions of the book would change as the universe advanced, it is a great jumping off point.
Trent’s voice is perfect for the BT universe, gruff and deep, it conveys that harsh reality a universe at war.

Good Battletech Audiobook

The story focuses tightly on the actions and relationships of individual characters. There are less details about the greater Battletech universe scattered between, only enough to frame the action. Action scenes contain a lot of details about the robots and combat equipment, which seems to be a standard for books in this universe. The narration was a very good performance and good quality.

The sound mixing and voice acting was fantastic. The use of filters for radio chatter was a great addition.

Some of the dialogue is pretty dated or cheesy, but otherwise a solid book with some memorable characters.