{"product_id":"9781473217256-retail-the-bastard-legion-book-1","title":"The Bastard Legion: Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'High octane SF adventure with Smith's trademark twist' Jamie Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An exceptional talent' Peter F Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour hundred years in the future, the most dangerous criminals are kept in suspended animation aboard prison ships and \"rehabilitated\" in a shared virtual reality environment. But Miska Corbin, a thief and hacker with a background in black ops, has stolen one of these ships, the \u003ci\u003eHangman's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, and made it her own. Controlled by explosive collars and trained in virtual reality by the electronic ghost of a dead marine sergeant, the thieves, gangsters, murderers, and worse are transformed into Miska's own private indentured army: the Bastard Legion.  Are the mercenaries just for fun and profit, or does Miska have a hidden purpose connected to her covert past?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Gloriously action-packed and often brutal military SF adventure . . . This series launch will keep readers turning pages, eager to see what bloody adventure awaits and how the legion develops into a force to be reckoned with' Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGavin G. Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis the Dundee-born author of the hard edged, action-packed SF novels \u003ci\u003eVeteran\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAge of Scorpio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Quantum Mythology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the short story collection \u003ci\u003eCrysis: Escalation\u003c\/i\u003e. He has collaborated with Stephen Deas as the composite personality Gavin Deas and co-written \u003ci\u003eElite: Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e, and the shared world series \u003ci\u003eEmpires: Infiltration\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmpires: Extraction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46639415394523,"sku":"9781473217256-RETAIL","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/49cb6decf12b460381b85e67117e58fd.png?v=1742868629","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781473217256-retail-the-bastard-legion-book-1","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}