A gripping short story that forms part of the 'Further Conflicts' anthology. Enslaved human soldiers must overcome their alien masters or remain slaves forever. A Human Legion story.
2565 A.D. Five centuries ago, Earth sold 1% of its children into slavery, the price of protection from the regional superpower. One group of slaves was bio-engineered and augmented to fight for alien officers as the Human Marine Corps. To most alien eyes the Corps is a joke: plasma fodder equipped with third-rate cast-offs and so stupid that they go off to die actually believing they are genuine warriors. But there are others who look deeper and see potential. To them the humans Marines could be the wellspring of something far greater… FREEDOM! Seventeen-year old Arun McEwan is eager to start his new life as a Marine Cadet. Just three more years of drills, combat exercises and brainwashing and he could qualify as a Marine. The alternative is death. When Arun forges an unlikely friendship with an alien scribe, he crashes into a world of treachery and conspiracy. How can he possibly survive three more years when every day brings a new deadly threat? But survive he must because his new alien allies show him glimpses of his destiny — a vision of a better future that only he can forge. A dream called the Human Legion.
Murder rocks the Beowulf … as it transports Arun to war. But it’s not a human war. Not unless Arun makes it one. Indigo Squad is the second book in the Human Legion series of military space adventure novels, although it makes an excellent point of entry for readers who prefer shorter reads. You’ll love these novels by Four Horsemen Universe author Tim C. Taylor, because no matter how dark the grim future, we will always need heroes to seek the light. Join the human rebellion. Get Indigo Squad now.
As Major Arun McEwan readies the newly formed Human Legion to retake his home planet of Tranquility, loyalties are wafer thin and morale low. Even his closest friends harbor poisonous secrets. And he needs everyone beside him, because the Legion must strike boldly and win allies rapidly if it is to defeat the overwhelming numbers of an enemy led by Arun’s old nemesis. What the Legion discovers will scar Arun’s heart, and change the meaning of the word ‘human’ forever. JOIN THE LEGION NOW! You can join the fight for freedom directly with the third book in the international bestselling Human Legion series, without needing to read the preceding two books. For maximum reading pleasure, though, start with one of the earlier books.
You’re human. Weak. Despised. There is only one way to earn respect: to fight and win… a Human Empire. Five centuries ago, Earth sold a million children into slavery. This is their descendants’ story of the fight for humanity everywhere. 2569 A.D. Battered but not beaten, the Human Legion follows the trail set for them by the mysterious Night Hummers in their quest for allies and assets. But first the Legion has changed and must ask itself anew: What is the Legion for? Who shall be its leader? In the fourth of the bestselling six-book series, journey to distant planets, experience holy war, hatred, and distorted love as the Human Legion attempts to carve out its own empire amidst the chaos of civil war. You will not journey alone: alien eyes are watching…
War has raged across the stars for decades. The Human Legion is in the ascendancy now, but its victories are hollow, impossible to defend against attack from all sides. Is there any way for General Arun McEwan to secure the freedom of the liberated worlds? Or will he have to compromise with humanity's masters, the White Knights, who insist that his children must submit to the cruelest of all alien rituals: the Cull? Arun prepares to gamble an all-or-nothing strike on the imperial capital. But nothing is as it first appears when you wage war against the White Knights …
Arun McEwan is lost, and the Legion’s hopes with him. Humanity teeters on the brink of extermination. 2739 A.D. Six centuries ago, a million children were given up as slaves to Earth’s new alien overlords. Now their descendants have fought their way back home and found Earth in the grip of a savage new alien occupation. This is the Human Legion’s final battle: the Battle of Earth. Allies, enemies, or both? The opening phases of the Battle of Earth have revealed hidden factions in the powerplay swirling around the Solar System. In ‘Restart’, the finale of the two-part conclusion to the Human Legion series, some dare to dream of a liberated Earth and ask the question: what next? But for the missing General Arun McEwan, the only objective that matters is to get back into the fight to unseat Tawfiq, the alien supreme commander. And with Tawfiq marshalling new forces to unleash a 10,000 year war upon the entire galaxy, victory is slipping from the Legion’s grasp. The Legion’s campaign of liberation ends here… one way or another. Bear witness to its conclusion in The Battle of Earth Part 2: Restart .