Dirty, gritty and action-packed adventure featuring the galaxy's deadliest mercenaries, THE BASTARD LEGION

MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION AT ITS BEST.

'High octane SF adventure with Smith's trademark twist' Jamie Sawyer, author of The Lazarus War

It was the kind of dirty, violent work the Bastards were made for. Protect a bunch of colonists in the Epsilon Eridani system, whose moon had become a war zone as megacorp-backed mercenaries fought a brutal proxy war. Just the kind of fight the penal mercenary legion liked.

But a hundred headless corpses are hard to explain, even for the Bastard Legion, and soon they are on the run, abandoned by their allies, and hunted by their most dangerous foe yet . . . but Miska's going to play them at her own game.

The Bastard Legion: the galaxy's most dangerous criminals controlled by implanted explosives and trained by the electronic ghost of a dead marine.

'Gloriously action-packed and often brutal military SF adventure . . .' Publishers Weekly
'An exceptional talent' Peter F Hamilton

A 'Dirty Dozen' or 'Suicide Squad' for lovers of 'Aliens', THE BASTARD LEGION series is a down and dirty military SF set in a world of mercenary actions and covert operations.

About the Author
Gavin G. Smith is the Dundee-born author of the hard edged, action-packed SF novels Veteran, War in Heaven, Age of Scorpio, A Quantum Mythology and The Beauty of Destruction, as well as the short story collection Crysis: Escalation. He has collaborated with Stephen Deas as the composite personality Gavin Deas and co-written Elite: Wanted, and the shared world series Empires: Infiltration and Empires: Extraction.

Reviews
Gloriously action-packed and often brutal military SF adventure . . . The complex plot twists and double-crosses are as exciting as the detailed descriptions of violent combat . . This series launch will keep readers turning pages, eager to see what bloody adventure awaits and how the legion develops into a force to be reckoned with - Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW [on The Bastard Legion]

an intense rush of adrenaline . . . a raucous energetic book, that is also full of pathos and human misery, I can't wait to see what Miska and her team of miscreants encounter next and whether they will be able to survive it - FlickeringMyth.com [on The Bastard Legion: Friendly Fire]

High octane SF adventure with Smith's trademark twist - Jamie Sawyer [on The Bastard Legion]



Book Information
ISBN 9781473217294
Author Gavin G. Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Gollancz
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 260g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 30mm