Semper Lycanus by Jonathan P. Brazee

[Dan]

This topic is created for discussing the late Spring 2025 group read Semper Lycanus by Jonathan P. Brazee. WARNING: This book contains scenes of extreme violence and one scene of explicit sexual content.

Private First Class Aiden Kaas has enlisted in the Marines for all the wrong reasons. Now deployed to Iraq at the age of 19, he just wants to put in his time and serve out his enlistment. However, after being bitten by a seemingly rabid mujahideen, he finds himself suffering from a strange illness, one with consequences beyond his wildest imaginings. As the disease ravages his body and exposes him to dangers far darker than active combat, Aiden discovers what it means to come of age, and how he must come to grips with what it is he has become…

The author, Colonel Jonathan Pace Brazee, was born at least 66 years ago but has been published only for the last 15 of them. He writes mostly speculative fiction in which Marines tend to figure prominently. I think this will be a really fun read. It is the first book in a series of three he wrote about ten years ago. Who is up for it?

[Dan]

I just purchased the book in Kindle on Amazon for free! Yay! I'm guessing the first is free to draw people in to buying the rest of the series after they read it.