March to Other Worlds Day 1: Legionnaire by Gilbert M. Stack

Day 1: Legionnaire by Gilbert M. Stack

Welcome to March to Other Worlds—a 31-day exploration of some great fantasy and science fiction novels and series. I hope you’ll check in every day to comment on the stories if you’ve already read them or to tell us what you thought about them if you read them after today.

 

To open the march I’m going to start with my own series which pretty much inspired the event. Legionnaire is all about marching as Prefect Marcus Venandus and his loyal followers rush from one trouble spot to another to protect the border regions of their beloved Republic of Aquila. Aquila takes its inspiration from Rome in the two generations preceding the birth of the empire, but there is magic in this world and the legions have had to incorporate it to maintain their edge in these very dangerous times.

 

Here’s the series blurb:

 

Legionnaire is a gritty High Fantasy series set on the borders of the far-flung Republic of Aquila. While political in-fighting and scheming are the order of the day in the heart of the Republic, the borderlands are awash with dangers only kept in check by the might of the legions. Fell magics, savage peoples, and scheming empires all threaten the country Patrician Marcus Venandus has sworn to defend using his wits, military strategy and his small command of highly disciplined legionnaires.

 

Legionnaire has come a long way since its beginnings in the Fire Islands. Now with eight books published and a ninth book expected for April, the war in the Jeweled Hills is fully under way and getting increasingly nasty and dangerous. Amatista, friend of Marcus’ native Aquila, is about to be crushed by a coalition of jealous rivals and only Marcus stands between it and disaster. Yet Amatista is not united against the threat. Competing ethnic groups make every problem Marcus faces a hundred times more complicated, and even as Marcus struggles to bind the groups together for the common good, the mighty Qing Empire is pulling strings to use this new war as an opportunity to better position itself in its struggle for dominance with Aquila. If you’re looking for a military fantasy that’s a little different than the traditional knights in shining armor trilogy, why don’t you try Legionnaire?

 

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