March of the Legion: a military science fiction adventure

by Marshall S. Thomas

Overview

IN THE ERA OF TOTAL GALACTIC WAR, CAN ONE SQUAD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Welcome to the kitchen of the Gods, a forbidding volcanic cauldron guarded by merciless, invulnerable Omni aliens and giant, primitive exosegs. Thinker and his comrades of Legion Squad Beta fight their way into the Camp of the O's on Andrion 3. 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.

ABOUT THE SERIES
Soldier of the Legion is an action-packed, fast-paced science fiction series in the tradition of Starship Troopers. It chronicles the adventures of a squad of young soldiers dedicated to honor and duty who stand as the only shield to save humankind from those bent on its destruction. All six books have been Amazon Best Sellers for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

SOLDIER OF THE LEGION SERIES
Soldier of the Legion
March of the Legion
Slave of the Legion
Secret of the Legion
Cross of the Legion
Curse of the Legion

PROPHET OF CONFREE SERIES
Prophet of ConFree
Prophet and the Blood March
Prophet and the Eye
Prophet and the Creature from Eternity
Prophet and the Fields of Glory
Prophet and Deadman's Dogs

SEEKER SERIES
Seeker and the Pathways of the Gods
Seeker and the Spirit Shifters

AWARDS
2010 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Curse of the Legion)
2009 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Cross of the Legion)
2003 IBPA Ben Franklin Award Finalist for Popular Fiction (Solider of the Legion)
2002 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Soldier of the Legion)
2002 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Audio Fiction (Soldier of the Legion)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016395234
Publisher:	Marshall S Thomas
Publication date:	02/07/2013
Series:	Soldier of the Legion , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
Sales rank:	921,045
File size:	751 KB

About the Author

Marshall S. Thomas is a retired U.S. Government official who served overseas in East Asia for most of his career. Marshall attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, the University of New Mexico and the University of Miami with a major in Government/International Affairs and a minor in History.

Marshall is the author of the six-book Soldier of the Legion action-adventure science fiction series, and the second Prophet of ConFree series (also six books). The Soldier series is still selling well as new readers discover the books, while many readers who have finished the Soldier series are moving on to the Prophet series. Marshall has recently begun the Seeker series with two new books. Both print and digital versions of all books are available from many online retailers.

In early 1969 Marshall began his overseas service with four years in the Vietnam War. He met his wife in Saigon and after a few years Stateside they began an East Asian odyssey with assignments to six Asian posts until 2001 when Marshall retired.

Marshall currently lives in Williamsburg, Virginia with his wife Kim Lien. His youngest son Alexander, a bioinformatics and coding expert, is working in New York City. His eldest son Christopher is a consultant and graduate of Radford University who studied art and graphic design. Marshall loves to write, and especially enjoys writing science fiction He is a member of the Virginia Writers Club, Goodreads, and the Authors Den. He is a past President of the St. Andrew's Society of Williamsburg and a former member of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Knights Templar).

SOLDIER OF THE LEGION SERIES
Soldier of the Legion
March of the Legion
Slave of the Legion
Secret of the Legion
Cross of the Legion
Curse of the Legion

AWARDS
2010 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Curse of the Legion)
2009 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Cross of the Legion)
2003 IBPA Ben Franklin Award Finalist for Popular Fiction (Solider of the Legion)
2002 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Science Fiction (Soldier of the Legion)
2002 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Audio Fiction (Soldier of the Legion)

Editorial Reviews

"It's been a long wait for the second in this exciting series of sci-fi books. I must admit that the attraction for me is Marshall Thomas's writing style and story telling ability. Once again, the action is heart pounding, the characters believable and well developed. This time, adding interest to the plot, the Legion juggles political intrigue and betrayal along with fighting the Omnis."

N/A - Laurel Johnson

"Fast paced, hard hitting military science fiction of the best type. We follow at lowest level the beta team and in particular beta 3 the hero of the series. Good action and great characters with at times amusing dialogues. The tech is believable and the author to my great pleassure does not get into the trap of over explaining specifics but rather leaves it to the reader to work it out. Very good read and very recomendable!"

N/A - Peter Neubert

"The Legion series is a lot of fun to read - good escapism, good (speculative) science and some moralizing. Ordered all six and read straight through."

N/A - L.P. Mercer

"Thoroughly entertaining and a good read, it's not often I see right wing Sci-Fi, traditionally a genre for progressives who worship at the twin altars of Science and Knowledge."

N/A - War Lama