Soldier of the Legion
A
rough truce divides the known galaxy between the System, the despotic
slave empire that rules the inner systems, and the Confederation of
Free Worlds, claiming the awesome infinity of the Outvac frontier. When
Squad Beta of the ConFree Legion drops onto the primitive world of
Andrion 2 to counter a mysterious System incursion, they know the
Systies are out there somewhere, armored DefCorps soldiers waiting to
slice them to bloody bits in a microfrac. The young Legion trooper
Thinker (Beta Three) vows that this will never happen on his watch. It
soon becomes chillingly clear that Beta is facing more than Systies.
The ultimate Evil is awaiting them all, writhing in the shadows,
merciless and all-powerful, and humanity itself is poised on the brink
of extinction.
As
he travels further into the dark Thinker finds both love and death, and
realizes that the Legion has always been his destiny. He is torn
between his desire for the violently possessive Valkyrie and the sweet
innocent Priestess. The squad is soon seeking its fate in a series of
suicidal attacks on hostile planets against an enemy that has never
known defeat. Beta One says they are going to change history, but
Thinker doesn't care about history. He cares only about Beta and his
closest comrades. As the dead begin to outnumber the living he vows
ruthless vengeance against his enemies. He knows the stakes are a lot
higher than his immediate survival – and that Beta Three is not just
along for the ride.
The
ConFree Legion offers both immortality and death to the young and
foolish. Thinker doesn't mind – all he wants is to see the future. As a
soldier of the Legion he knows his fate is to die under strange stars,
for the Legion. He is determined to survive as long as possible and to
go out with a very high body count. Beta Three is a fatalist, a
dreamer, a believer. He doesn't know what the future holds – but he
knows he will be facing his enemies when he dies.
Soldier
of the Legion is the first book of a six part series that follows
Thinker's adventures in the service of the people of ConFree. Other
titles in the series include The Black March, Slave of the Legion,Secret of the Legion, Cross of the Legion and Curse of the Legion.
