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A short story.
A gripping short story that forms part of the 'Further Conflicts' anthology. Enslaved human soldiers must overcome their alien masters or remain slaves forever. A Human Legion story.
The Human Legion
2565 A.D. Five centuries ago, Earth sold a million children into slavery, the price of protection from the regional superpower. One group of slaves was bio-engineered and augmented to fight for alien officers as the Human Marine Corps.
To most alien eyes the Corps is a joke: plasma fodder equipped with third-rate cast-offs and so stupid that they go off to die actually believing they are genuine warriors.
But there are others who look deeper and see potential. To them the human Marines could be the wellspring of something far greater...
The Human Legion consists of five primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.