March to Other Worlds Day 4 Legionnaire by Gilbert M. Stack

Day 4 Legionnaire by Gilbert M. Stack

For Day 4 of the March to Other Worlds we’re going to turn to the fantasy series that inspired the original March back in 2020, my very own, Legionnaire. The series focuses on Patrician Marcus Venandus, a loyal and solid son of the powerful Republic of Aquila, and follows his efforts to protect the homeland he loves far better than it loves him. 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.

 

Most of the series occurs in The Jeweled Hills, border lands north of the Republic which have attracted the interest of the dreaded Qing Empire. With Aquila distracted by its internal political problems, Marcus finds himself having to build a defense of these important territories practically by himself. Yet the Jeweled Hills doesn’t recognize the external threat of the Qing either. It is too deeply riven by its own internal disputes as its ruling class fights among itself and its subject peoples seethe with rebellion.

 

If you enjoy solid military action built on rational political problems that intelligently result from the plots and biases of believable people and cultures, you’re going to love this series which just launched its twelfth book (plus a prequel novel about Marcus’ first command).