The Black March
Victory or Death!
Welcome
to the kitchen of the Gods, a forbidding volcanic cauldron guarded by
merciless, invulnerable Omni aliens and giant, primitive exosegs. As
the young Legion trooper Thinker and his comrades of Squad Beta fight
their way into the Camp of the O's on Andrion 3, they fear their only
mission is to die for the Legion. Their enemy has never known defeat,
and they find themselves helpless and terrified in the grip of the
alien's awesome psypower. The battlefield is soon littered with the
pitted, smoking A-suits of Thinker's closest comrades.
The
secrets that the squad uncovers on Andrion 3 will transform galactic
politics and launch Beta into a seemingly suicidal attack against Omni
targets on a hostile System world. As they drop onto Mongera like
microbes, they know it must be victory or death. Failure will mean
extinction for their species. Forced to cooperate with their sworn
Systie enemies, they meet the O in a burning city and duel with it
under nuclear skies. Thinker's Legion lover Priestess is right by his
side, and they vow they will live or die together. They both know that
immortality is a cruel joke for a Legion trooper, and the angel of
death is with them every instant. As he advances on the O, Thinker is
filled with a burning resolve and vows that if he goes out it will be
with a record body count.
In the era of total galactic warfare, can one squad really make a difference?
The
Black March is the second 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 Soldier of the Legion, Slave of the
Legion, Secret of the Legion, Cross of the Legion and Curse of the
Legion.
