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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
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!
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!