Battleborn

The Weapon, Book 1

By: Richard Fox

Narrated by: Garrett Michael Brown

On the battlefields of the future, death is not the end for a soldier.
The Revenant Program collects badly wounded soldiers broken by war and converts them into unthinking, unfeeling cyborg weapons. Their bodies are immune to pain, their minds impervious to fear and doubt. All controlled by a neural implant called the Imperative.

They are the ideal force for any mission too deadly or too difficult for normal men. A force that answers to the darkest corners of the military.

But when one of the Revenants awakens, he can only remember two things: that he must fight, and a code name…Dead Man.

Who was he before he became a Revenant? What are the officers and scientists controlling the program to do with a soldier that can question the horrific orders he’s given?

The more those controlling the Dead Man learn of who he was, they realize they may have turned a monster into something truly unstoppable. And with every memory recovered, the Imperative drives the Dead Man closer to insanity.

The Weapon: Battleborn is the first in a new series by best-selling military science fiction author Richard Fox, author of the Ember War Saga and Governor: Ascent to Empire.

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Liked and waiting for more

I liked the history development and the narration very much. It was my first time with the author and the genre, so I didn't have any expectations, but I enjoyed it a lot. Waiting for book 2.

I hoped for a prequel to the ember wars…not disappointed

Pros: if you ran through the Ember Wars saga….must read. Super interesting storyline, good character development, Mr. Fox came back with a punch. Loved the story….have to say the twisted, psychological manifestations were on point. Redman MVP. Reminded me a little of Anspachs “savage wars”, specifically in the perspective of the “savage Marines”. Great tempo….ran through it all at once….couldn’t put it down.


Cons: so I’m not familiar with this narrator….he was ok, but didn’t have a good tempo…..always sounded like he was holding in a shit or something. Kinda made it hard to track which character was talking, follow the dialogue. He’s not terrible….just not his best. No offense….if you don’t know how to pronounce military jargon….ask somebody. I pray for the day R.C. Bray and Mr. Fox team up.

I am Armor!

Pretty good.

Solid military science-if. It took me a bit ok get to get into than other books of this style, but I ended up continuing the series. If it was only4 stars, I’d pass.

A prequel that’s actually good!

The pre Ember War story is grittier than the main series, but in keeping with a military closer to our time.
Well written, well performed, and worth the time.
5 stars across the board.

Narrator talked like everyone was on coke

The story was ok, but Luke did a better job. Everything was too high energy.