The Shadow Legions: Crimson Worlds VII

Book seven of Jay Allan's bestselling Crimson Worldsseries (over 800,000 sold)...

The war with the First Imperium is over, and Grand Fleetis limping home from the frontier. ErikCain, Augustus Garret, and the rest of the high command are grimly satisfiedthat humanity has been saved from the First Imperium menace. There is no joy, however...no elation at the"victory." The losses this time were tooheavy...too personal...to bear. They didwhat had to be done to drive back the enemy and save the human worlds fromcertain destruction. Now they were leftto find a way to live with the gut wrenching decisions that victory hadrequired.

Augustus Garret needed time. Time for repairs, time to replace losses,time to learn how to go on in the aftermath of what he'd done. But the fleet wasn't heading for awell-deserved rest...they were moving into another firestorm. A new menace, one as deadly as the FirstImperium, was waiting for them, and it threatened to shatter the fragilealliance of the Earth powers and throw all of human space into anotherdesperate war...one that might be the final confrontation.

On world after world, mysterious forces are invading,taking control of the most vital colonies.The invaders are well-drilled powered infantry, veteran forces thatquickly shattered the planetary militias and established brutal occupationregimes.

Garret, Cain, and the leaders of the Alliance's forcesmust rally themselves once again to face this new threat...an unknown enemy thatis as well trained, experienced, and equipped as the Marines themselves. Indeed, on some colony worlds rumors arealready spreading that the invaders are the Marines themselves, that they havecome to conquer, to rule...


The Crimson Worlds Series (Reading Order)

Book 1: Marines
Book 2: The Costof Victory
Book 3: A LittleRebellion
Book 4: The FirstImperium
Book 5: The LineMust Hold
Book 6: To Hell'sHeart
Book 7: The ShadowLegions
Book 8: EvenLegends Die
Book 9: The Fall

Standalone, Can be Read at Any Point:
Crimson Worlds War Stories (Crimson Worlds Prequels)