Thomas's’s "Soldier of the Legion" science fiction series (genre military SF) is a six-book action-adventure set in the far future with a wide cast of characters facing suicidal missions against merciless, all-powerful enemies as humanity is poised on the brink of extinction.  The characters are not superheroes or one-dimensional cardboard caricatures, but normal people facing extraordinary challenges, and they each grow and change throughout the series as they experience traumatic, life-changing events. 

Soldier of the Legion was published in 2002, The Black March in 2007 and Slave of the Legion in 2008. Click the Titles for more information, including chapter excerpts, purchase options and reviews.

The first book of the series went through the traditional path to publication with its plethora of rejections before being accepted by Timberwolf Press of Allen, Texas. When Timberwolf went out of business in 2007, Marshall self-published the next two books with BookLocker, which he recommends without qualification. He loves self-publishing and is not even looking for another traditional publisher. "The only problem is generating publicity for the series and that task never ends."  Marshall now sells the Soldier series on line through BookLocker, and has nothing but praise for them.

Slave of the Legion, the third book of the series, continues the adventures of Squad Beta, Second of the Ship, 12th of the 22nd , ConFree Legion, serving the people of the Confederation of Free Worlds. The remaining three books in the series are in draft and scheduled for release in 2009, 2010 and 2011. 

Buy the first book of the series, Soldier of the Legion, as an audiobook.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marshall S. Thomas is a retired Foreign Service officer who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia with his wife Kim Lien. Marshall served in East Asia for most of his career.  He attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, the University of New Mexico and the University of Miami where he graduated in 1965 with a major in Government & International Affairs and a minor in History. His 35-year Foreign Service career included postings in Saigon, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila, Canberra and Kuala Lumpur. 

Marshall is also active in the St. Andrew’s Society of Williamsburg, a Scottish heritage group where he is a Board member.  He set up the current Society website, www.scotsofwmbg.org and is editor of the Spectator, the Society's on-line quarterly newsletter, http://www.msthomas.com/The_Spectator.html . In addition he takes photos at Society events and posts them in the on-line Gallery at http://www.msthomas.com/Saint_Andrews_Gallery.html .

Read the Interview with Marshall on BookThink.com .

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