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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent glimpse into the Clan warrior lifestyle,
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This review is from: Classic BattleTech: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy (Paperback)
Wow. I am actually angry at myself for not having read this trilogy when it came out more than ten years ago. The tale of Aidan Pryde is truly one of the best in the Battletech series.
The trilogy edition is a nice product, with a new flashy cover. Interstingly, the separate novels maintain their own page numbers, unlike some other novel compilations I have read, so each one has its old title page and starts on page 1. I liked that. The first novel takes us through the Warrior training regimen in Clan Jade Falcon. The lifestyle of the trainees and the established warriors is very well done. The competition between the siblings and their relationships is great reading. The eventual result of the training, and the application of non-standard tactics makes this one a page turner, especially with the atypical path events take. The second novel deals with the warrior life of Aidan, in his assumed guise of a different person. The lower status of this other has led him to low-prestige assignments, but a rare opportunity to show his abilities, despite his differences with higher-ranking officers, affords him a rare opportunity to fight for a Bloodname. But the path to that status is anything but easy. This novel has a great deal more mech combat than Way of the Clans had, but it does not detract from the story. The third novel takes place at a later point in Aidan's life, after he has served for some time as a Bloodnamed warrior. He has been assigned to command the rebuilt disgraced Jade Falcon unit which was lost in the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere, primarily because he himself was looked down upon as a disgraced warrior due to his colored past. His unit is to be among those fighting ComStar on Tukayyid. The fate of this battle was detailed in a prior novel, but not from the Clan point of view, and not in the singular detail that this one provides. The exhibition of battlefield acumen staves off certain defeat, but it is a pyrrhic victory at best. Again, the quixotic nature of Clan interpersonal relationships is delved into, but in a different way than the earlier novels. Again, a great read and a real page-turner.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
... Good way to start reading the Battletech series,
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This review is from: Classic BattleTech: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy (Paperback)
Having played the computer games based on BattleTech ... I was intrigued enough to want to read some of the books, but with a series as extensive as BattleTech - I had great difficulty finding a good place to start ... Until I found The Legend of Jade Phoenix Trilogy ("TLJP").
TLJP traces the life of Aidan Pryde ... from his early days in training, to his finest hour, when he leads a band of "unwanted" warriors into battle ... and in so doing Aidan redeems honour, heritage ... for himself and those who follow him ... All in all a wonderful trilogy, filled with Mech battles & strategy ... a well constructed storyline (without the sometimes glaring gaps found in series of this nature) ... satisfying characters sufficiently developed to hold and pull the reader's interest ... I was particularly & pleasantly surprised at how the author developed the character of Aidan's daughter ... But more than just 3 ripping good yarns ... for anyone wishing to get into the BattleTech world ... this is a good book to start with!!! ... Without breaking storyline, or getting too pedantic, the reader is gently but surely given a wonderful introduction to a basic but sufficient history ... of MechWarriors trueborn & freeborn, of the importance of Bloodnames, of the Clans (how they came into existence & what they represent) ... of the history & conflicts between the Inner & Outer Sphere ... Descriptions of the BattleMechs & weaponry are nicely done too ... All in all a price worthy trilogy ... and a great introduction into the world of fighting Clans and their giant war machines ... Good Read!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Get it while it lasts,
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This review is from: Classic BattleTech: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy (Paperback)
If you have ever wondered what life is like for a clanner or why they talk or act so weird, this is a good book to read. I am about to read this trilogy again when i finish the book I am on now. About 6 years ago I drove myself insane trying to find book 2 of this trilogy. I had always thought battletech looked kinda neat but when I picked up a novel I found it boring the first time I read it. After Mechwarrior 3 came out for PC, I got interested in learning some of the background story so I read that book again; I couldn't put it down! That book was Natural Selection by Michael Stackpole. (The difference was probably that I knew who a few of the characters were the second time.) Next I decided to buy some of the books based on the time period of Mechwarrior 3. One of these was Freebirth by Robert Thurston. Joanna and Horse were featured in this book and they thoroughly tripped me out. So I started trying to find other books featuring the Jade Falcons and came up with a short list: Freebirth, Falcon Rising, Natural Selection (very breifly), I am Jade Falcon, and the Jade Phoenix Trilogy. BUY THIS BOOK AND BUY I AM JADE FALCON if you can find them!
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