'High octane SF adventure with Smith's trademark twist' Jamie
Sawyer
'An exceptional talent' Peter F Hamilton
Four 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 Hangman's
Daughter, 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?
'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