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Legionnaire (Galaxy\u2019s Edge) (Volume 1) by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole \u2013 A Science Fiction Book Review<\/a><\/p>\n

(Above is the review of the first book of the series)<\/p>\n

Followers of my reviews of Jason Anspach\u2019s and Nick Cole\u2019s Galaxy\u2019s Edge series know I am an avid fan.\u00a0 Each volume has expanded the scope and depth of the imaginary universe that Galaxy\u2019s Edge inhabits.\u00a0 But \u201cTurning Point\u201d represents a sea change in the story.\u00a0 It literally represents the turning point of the war.\u00a0 For whereas each volume has included heroic resistance by the Legion to the enemies of the Republic, the corrupt regime of the House of Reason has always had free rein to sabotage every effort to save the Galaxy from its many enemies.\u00a0 But in this episode, the mask is off and the Legion is unleashed to fight war as war should be fought, on equal terms.\u00a0 To fight a treacherous foe without quarter and pay back sadistic evil with a merciless reckoning.\u00a0 How sweet it is.<\/p>\n

The story revolves around the decision by the House of Reason to arm the barbaric zhee with cutting edge weaponry and ships.\u00a0 These fictional zhee are modelled after Islamic jihadis and they have a propensity for suicide bombings and decapitations that immediately reminds the reader of the Al Qaeda maniacs hiding out in the slums of Baghdad waiting for a chance to ambush any unlucky American soldiers guarding the Green Zone or manning a Forward Operating Base (FOB).\u00a0 The other bizarre touch is that the zhee have donkey heads.\u00a0 Now maybe this is the authors\u2019 idea of political humor but it is truly a weird image for me.<\/p>\n

The House of Reason is playing some kind of three-dimensional chess where they use the Black Fleet or the zhee to weaken the Legion so that the House can maintain control of the Galaxy even if it risks one of these enemies threatening to destroy the Republic itself.<\/p>\n

In several of the earlier volumes there have been memorable battles portrayed, especially in Attack of Shadows and Legionnaire.\u00a0 But Turning Point brings it to a new level.\u00a0 Several new characters are very memorable but it\u2019s the action that stays with you.\u00a0 The set up is dire and just to make sure things don\u2019t get easier there is treachery at the highest levels.\u00a0 And the zhee are so despicable it\u2019s hard to not enjoy every single gore-flinging kill.\u00a0 The struggles, reversals, heroic sacrifices and exhausted victories keep your attention right to the end of the book.<\/p>\n

And finally, the end of the book is a catharsis that the readers have been waiting for since book one of the series.\u00a0 I won\u2019t spoil it by giving details but I will say that the writers have given the readers what they needed and deserved, revenge.<\/p>\n

Anspach and Cole have justified my loyalty through the whole series and now I\u2019ll continue on to (!) Book Eight?\u00a0 Sure, why not?\u00a0 How many modern science fiction series not only provide fantastic mil-sci-fi action but also make fun of Progressives, the Deep State, Democrats and Al Qaeda all at the same time?\u00a0 Not many that I know of.\u00a0 So, in the words of the Legion, KTF and Ooah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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