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by William C. Dietz

ISBN: 044100735X
ISBN13: 978-0441007356
Language: English
Publisher: Ace; Reissue edition (June 1, 2000)
Category: Thrillers and Suspense
Subategory: Thriller

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All of this eventually leads to an almost unrecognizable military force led by now-General Bill Booley III and made up of disparate, oftentimes antagonistic soldiers working together for the first time.

By Force of Arms, in my opinion, brings a return of vitality to the Legion of the Damned series - a series, I might add, that is not officially identified as a series. All of this eventually leads to an almost unrecognizable military force led by now-General Bill Booley III and made up of disparate, oftentimes antagonistic soldiers working together for the first time.

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By Force of Arms book. Mysterious aliens called Thrakies have moved into Confederate terri William C. Dietz’s By Force of Arms revisits the universe of his popular Legionnaire series. The Confederacy, a precarious coalition of alien species, has just survived a mutiny and a plot to overthrow the confederate leadership thanks to the efforts of Colonel Bill Booly.

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The Confederacy is threatened by an uprising of the Hudathans, an unfeeling cyborg race that has built up its forces through stolen technology, and their only opponents are the members of the Legion.

Legion of the Damned, Book 4. By: William C. Narrated by: Donald Corren. Series: Legion of the Damned, Book 4. Length: 11 hrs and 1 min. Categories: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary. The Confederacy is threatened by an uprising of the Hudathans, an unfeeling cyborg race that has built up its forces through stolen technology, and their only opponents are the members of the Legion. Masterfully written, can't wait for the rest! By John Pierce on 04-18-13. Legion of the Damned, Book 5. Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins.

Legion of the Damned is the first novel in the Legion of the Damned series by William C. Legion of the Damned is a science fiction novel, first published by Ace Books in 1993. This is the first book in the nine book in the Legion of the Damned series. The final novel (A Fighting Chance) was released in November 2011. Dietz has since begun a prequel series, beginning with the novel Andromeda's Fall, released in late 2012.

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William C. Dietz is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, some of which . Ace books by william C. Legion of the Damned. Dietz is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, some of which have been translated into German, Russian, and Japanese. His works include the America Rising novels, the Legion of the Damned® novels, and the Mutant Files series. He grew up in the Seattle area, served as a medic with the Navy and Marine Corps, graduated from the University of Washington, and has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, and television news writer, director, and producer. Dietz is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, some of which have been . He grew up in the Seattle area, served as a medic with the Navy and Marine Corps, graduated from the University of Washington, and has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, and television news writer, director, and producer

Having stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology.

"Dietz's expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none." --The Oregonian

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Umsida

In this military science fiction series, of which this is book four, we have the legendary Legionnaires as our protagonists.

The Thraki have just entered confederacy space and have asked permission to settle on some planets in the area. Seems like a reasonable request.

Unfortunately, the Thraki don't really tell the confederacy why they have moved into their space.

They are being chased by a fleet of 5000 warships called the Sheen because of their ships shield configuration. The Sheen fleet is controlled by the Hoon which is a machine intelligence. The Hoon has one goal , eliminate all the Thraki.

Soon the Sheen fleet approaches the confederacy and the confederacy must decide to help defend the Thraki or stand down.

The only problem is that after the Sheen eliminate the Thraki they just may do the same to the confederacy fleet. PLUS the Thraki may have other options and strategies the confederacy may not be aware of.

Thrilling space battles and a real twist at the end make this a book you can't put down.

HIGHLY recommended book and series (see full list below of titles in this series)

Legion series
1.Legion Of The Damned (1993)

2.The Final Battle (1995)

3.By Blood Alone (1999)

4.By Force of Arms (2000)

5.For More Than Glory (2004)

6.For Those Who Fell (2005)

7.When All Seems Lost (2008)

8.When Duty Calls (2008)

9.A Fighting Chance (2011)

10.Andromeda's Fall (2012)

11.Andromeda's Choice (July 4, 2014)

12.Andromeda's War (2015)

Rishason

By Force of Arms, in my opinion, brings a return of vitality to the Legion of the Damned series - a series, I might add, that is not officially identified as a series. I think that is an important point to keep in mind, for this fourth novel (following Legion of the Damned, The Final Battle, and By Blood Alone) does continue a shift in focus from the original concept of "dead" men and women being resuscitated in the form of bimetallic cyborgs to a more political, diplomatic, yet still military foundation. I think this novel is almost as good as Legion of the Damned, but I'm not sure the two should even be compared. That being said, there are a few minor issues that keep me from giving the book five stars, but Dietz provides some masterful futuristic warfare in this exciting exploration of the future of the Confederacy of Sentient Beings.
For the first time in the "series," the action follows quickly on the heels of the previous novel (By Blood Alone), and William Booley III rather than a next generation Booley retains his position of leadership in the new crisis facing the Confederacy. In the last novel, a new race of aliens, the Thraki, entered Confederate space, and thanks to a constant state of duplicity and posturing in the Confederate ranks, took up residence on a planet under the protection of the Clone Hegemony. The Hegemony originally hoped to use the Thraki, with its immense fleet, as an ace in the hole protecting their flank as they conspired to topple the Earth government and gain power for the secret interplanetary cabal they had secretly joined. The Thraki, in turn, hoped to use the Hegemony and, indeed, the whole Confederacy, as a massive shield against their pursuing enemies, the Sheen.
The mutiny now put down and the balance of power restored in the Confederacy, the league of alien planets finds itself between a rock and a hard place, as both the Thraki and the technological Sheen boast military resources they cannot match on their own. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and former President Sergei Chien-Chu has a plan many view as reckless and more than desperate. The Hudathans, who killed untold numbers of beings among Confederacy planets, have been "imprisoned" on their own home world ever since the end of the second Hudathan war, yet their military assets and significant population of renowned warriors could serve to aid the Confederacy in its current crisis. All of this eventually leads to an almost unrecognizable military force led by now-General Bill Booley III and made up of disparate, oftentimes antagonistic soldiers working together for the first time.
The Thraki - Sheen side of the story has its weaknesses and, at times, seems downright silly, and the eventual conclusion of the novel does leave something to be desired, but the bulk of the story is fresh and exciting, and the descriptions of the new Confederate military in action make for some of the most exhilarating (and sometimes quite humorous) accounts of military science fiction I have read. Some clumsy romance once again takes a little something away from the reading experience, but Dietz is an author who knows how to tell an exciting futuristic story.

Chilldweller

Fun read but getting a little predictable. When you get the upper hand you need to use it. It does not make us less human for we are as predatory as any spices we might ever meet.

Goltizuru

All the Legion of the Damned books are good.

Thordibandis

This military oriented series is much more than an alien v human battle (yawn) The characters are fully fleshed and the plots are
intricate and the stories get and keep momentum from the first page.

Arashitilar

Next in "The Legion of The Damned" series. Good follow on to the previous books and intro of some new charactors.

Made-with-Love

I love all of the books in this series and was very sorry to see it end although there is one new book that predates the series start

Great scifi military adventure