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Order of the Centurion: Complete Boxed Set
Five thrilling, heroic standalone novels!
“The Order of the Centurion is the highest award that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in, or with, the Legion. When such an individual displays exceptional valor in action against an enemy force, and uncommon loyalty and devotion to the Legion and its legionnaires, refusing to abandon post, mission, or brothers, even unto death, the Legion dutifully recognizes such courage with this award.”
FIVE full length stand-alone novels written by some of the biggest names in modern science fiction: Dragon Award Winners Jason Anspach, Nick Cole, & Richard Fox. Dragon Award Finalist Josh Hayes. Bestsellers Jonathan Yanez and J.R. Handley.
ORDER OF THE CENTURION follows the courage, sacrifice, and punishment endured by soldiers who gave everything they had in the face of overwhelming odds.
Included in this boxed set:
>Order of the Centurion
Iron Wolves
Stryker's War
Through the Nether
The Reservist
This boxed set is available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY--don't wait to enter the battlefield!
“The Order of the Centurion is the highest award that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in, or with, the Legion. When such an individual displays exceptional valor in action against an enemy force, and uncommon loyalty and devotion to the Legion and its legionnaires, refusing to abandon post, mission, or brothers, even unto death, the Legion dutifully recognizes such courage with this award.”
FIVE full length stand-alone novels written by some of the biggest names in modern science fiction: Dragon Award Winners Jason Anspach, Nick Cole, & Richard Fox. Dragon Award Finalist Josh Hayes. Bestsellers Jonathan Yanez and J.R. Handley.
ORDER OF THE CENTURION follows the courage, sacrifice, and punishment endured by soldiers who gave everything they had in the face of overwhelming odds.
Included in this boxed set:
>Order of the Centurion
Iron Wolves
Stryker's War
Through the Nether
The Reservist
This boxed set is available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY--don't wait to enter the battlefield!
1031 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2021
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He lives in Puyallup, WA with his wife and their seven (not a typo) children.
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July 16, 2021
There are five books in this set. I'm treating each one as a separate book and will do separate reviews on each one although they will be combine here.
Book 1 - "Order of the Centurion" by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
07/13/2021
I'm not sure how I should record these books so I'm going to do them individually just like any other book I've read. See, I got six ebooks in one package called the "Order of the Centurion: Complete Boxed Set". I think there are other authors besides Anspach and Cole writing some of the books so that's also why I'm going to write the reviews separate. I may have to consolidate all these reviews into one large one when I get around to posting them on Amazon. But, for now, I'm doing them like this.
First up is this one, and it's a very, very good book. If you have been paying attention to what's going on in the Commonwealth, you should know that the Legion wants nothing to do with politics. The Legion has strongly held that they solely exist to kill enemies of the Republic no matter when or who they are. That's their sworn duty. They don't want the House of Reason meddling in their business and the House of Reason certainly doesn't want the Legion messing with government business, yet the House of Reason feels that it should be in control of the Legion.
So now they have figured out a way to get that control on some level. They appoint their own Officers into the Legion with the understanding that such Officers will naturally favor those who appointed them.
It's been made a pretty big deal to be appointed by a House of Reason Representative since each Rep. gets only two, I think that's the way it works. It also works that those appointed usually come from families that can contribute the most to these Representatives political aspirations or agenda. Two such Officers are now identified as a Major B'lay Berlin and Lieutenant Washam or just "Wash" to everyone that knew him. Being "Points" they were in the Legion, but being Points, the Legion wanted nothing to do with either of them.
Oh, Major Berlin played the game with his House of Reason supporters and they eventually blessed him with promotions for basically doing nothing. He could have actually gone through the Legion training course and he did do some of it, but most he just blew off knowing that it wasn't what he was really made for. No his goal in life was to become a House of Reason Representative, the pinnacle of political prestige and power! He just needed this military time on his record to make him look good.
Yet, Lieutenant Wash was a different kind of guy. Although he did come from a very wealth family and was appointed to the Legion by the same Representative that appointed Berlin, Lt. Wash actually wanted to earn his way. That was something unexpected in a Point. Still, even then the Legion wanted nothing to do with him or Berlin. Wash understood that, but still he was in the Legion so he figured out early on that he might get himself ready if he was ever called to do something. Right now he was buried in supply requisitions and that looked like how he would finish his fine Legion service time. Until Major Berlin changed all of that.
Major Berlin was a manipulator supreme. He could talk a good talk, but there was probably little substance behind that talk if anyone cared to look. One day, he took it upon himself to create a mission that was going to earn him some combat experience that would look very good on his political record. So he commandeered a helicopter with qualified pilots and got a Marine Recon squad assigned to a mission he thought up all in his own head. Oh, he could read a map, but didn't have any kind of intelligence about the mission. He just knew that he wasn't going to be a hero sitting behind the lines all the time. The mission day came and of course he asked his friend, Lt. Wash, to come with him and while Wash knew very well that said mission would get him and Berlin killed, he did worry about the Squad of Marines that might also get killed. So off these two "Point" officers go into what they have no clue to do what they even have less of a clue. As you can expect, it doesn't turn out very well for, well, anyone!
No one knows how they will react in combat. Some think they know what they're getting into, but few ever really know until it's too late. Learning what you should be doing while trying to stay alive is a bad training plan. Fortunately, Lt. Wash has paid attention when he went to Legion OCS and he did what he was supposed to do. He was treated like dirt by every Legionnaire instructor since they couldn't believe a Point could ever become a real Legion officer. But, Lt. Wash passed the course. And he passed with flying colors, but no one was going to ever say that. No, the Legion would never admit that a Point Officer could also be a good Legion Officer. So, Lt. Wash was assigned to this out-of-the-way supply warehouse where he reviewed supply requistions, all day, every day, until his friend, Maj. Berlin showed up.
This story is very good. It shows what can happen when people who should know better, do stuff they have no business doing. It shows how deadly this can be to the average or even above average soldier or Marine as we have in this story. Leadership means leading and you can't do that if you don't know what you're supposed to do, if you've not been trained and learned that training until it's automatic. That's why OCS and basic training is so hard. It should be automatic if you've been through it, you know what to do. Doesn't always work out, but you had a chance. We these two officers around, the Marines with them almost had no chance. Still, it did have a decent ending. I liked what happened overall. I hope the next book in this collection is just as good!
Book 2 - "Iron Wolves" by Jonathan Yanez with Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
07/15/2021
Another very good book in this collection. I can't believe how good book in the entire Galaxy's Edge universe are turning out to be. If you're a fan of military science fiction, then you've hit the jackpot with all of these books.
This story involves a platoon of Iron Wolf Legionnaires. They are assigned to what seems to be an out-of-the-way mission to represent the Republic when a new government signs up to be part of the Galactic Republic. Cononga is one nation that wants to join the Republic, but it has problems with its neighbors to the north. They are displaces Alines and appear to have a strong leader that wants to takeover all of Cononga. He initially attacks the capital city of Noi right after the Iron Wolves had landed. With a frantic effort, the Iron Wolves fight off these rebels which getting support from another alien by the name of Sola who was hired as a guide for the Iron Wolves. She is accompanied by Fenra, who is definitely an alien and lots of it! While the Iron Wolves successfully fight off this first attack, they find out that this mission isn't going to be as easy as it was described.
First, the President of Cononga specifically requested the Iron Wolves attend the official signing ceremony and that's why the Iron Wolves were on this mission when they normally wouldn't show for what amounts to a diplomatic event. It just so happens that in the long past of the Iron Wolves during Savage Wars, another detachment of Iron Wolves were instrumental in defending Cononga and to this day, everything associated with the Iron Wolves is held in high esteem. There's even a museum in the capital city palace with tons of old Savage Wars weapons and other fighting gear that was used by those Iron Wolves of yesteryears.
Captain Zeno is in command of this Iron Wolves detachment with Sergeant Sam Samson as his Senior NCO. You'll meet and read about almost everyone in the detachment as the story goes along. They are typical Legionnaires, ready to KTF, as usual and feel right at home when they have to protect the capital city right off the bat. Unfortunately, they do have a Major stationed on the Republic space cruiser in orbit. I say, "unfortunately", because he is a "Point" or a politically appointed officer in the Legion and has no operational background at all. He also has no plans to come down to the ground to survey the situation for himself. He has declared this mission a diplomatic mission and that's what it's going to be. He specifically orders Captain Zeno not to engage any indigenous people of the planet.
But, of course, the Legionnaires on the ground aren't going to just stand around when they're fighting to be done. The enemy to the north has hired another alien army of mercenaries and they are coming to take the capital city of Noi. That means that Captain Zeno and Sgt Samson will have to fight with what they got since they're not getting any support from the Republican cruiser. Turns out that a well stocked museum might come in very handy. Modern weapons aren't the only thing the Legion can kill the enemy with.
Lots of fighting, but only in this one place. Pretty easy to follow the story and stay abreast with what was happening. Not sure if this was based on some kind of true-life situation, but I can see that it could easily have been. Lots of little countries trying to stay free by inviting a bigger nation to come in, but that doesn't set well with all the people. So a civil war usually starts out. In this story, there's a little dictator wanting to have more and he's not going to get it. Now on to the next book.
Book 3 - "Stryker's War" by Josh Hayes with Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
Book 1 - "Order of the Centurion" by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
07/13/2021
I'm not sure how I should record these books so I'm going to do them individually just like any other book I've read. See, I got six ebooks in one package called the "Order of the Centurion: Complete Boxed Set". I think there are other authors besides Anspach and Cole writing some of the books so that's also why I'm going to write the reviews separate. I may have to consolidate all these reviews into one large one when I get around to posting them on Amazon. But, for now, I'm doing them like this.
First up is this one, and it's a very, very good book. If you have been paying attention to what's going on in the Commonwealth, you should know that the Legion wants nothing to do with politics. The Legion has strongly held that they solely exist to kill enemies of the Republic no matter when or who they are. That's their sworn duty. They don't want the House of Reason meddling in their business and the House of Reason certainly doesn't want the Legion messing with government business, yet the House of Reason feels that it should be in control of the Legion.
So now they have figured out a way to get that control on some level. They appoint their own Officers into the Legion with the understanding that such Officers will naturally favor those who appointed them.
It's been made a pretty big deal to be appointed by a House of Reason Representative since each Rep. gets only two, I think that's the way it works. It also works that those appointed usually come from families that can contribute the most to these Representatives political aspirations or agenda. Two such Officers are now identified as a Major B'lay Berlin and Lieutenant Washam or just "Wash" to everyone that knew him. Being "Points" they were in the Legion, but being Points, the Legion wanted nothing to do with either of them.
Oh, Major Berlin played the game with his House of Reason supporters and they eventually blessed him with promotions for basically doing nothing. He could have actually gone through the Legion training course and he did do some of it, but most he just blew off knowing that it wasn't what he was really made for. No his goal in life was to become a House of Reason Representative, the pinnacle of political prestige and power! He just needed this military time on his record to make him look good.
Yet, Lieutenant Wash was a different kind of guy. Although he did come from a very wealth family and was appointed to the Legion by the same Representative that appointed Berlin, Lt. Wash actually wanted to earn his way. That was something unexpected in a Point. Still, even then the Legion wanted nothing to do with him or Berlin. Wash understood that, but still he was in the Legion so he figured out early on that he might get himself ready if he was ever called to do something. Right now he was buried in supply requisitions and that looked like how he would finish his fine Legion service time. Until Major Berlin changed all of that.
Major Berlin was a manipulator supreme. He could talk a good talk, but there was probably little substance behind that talk if anyone cared to look. One day, he took it upon himself to create a mission that was going to earn him some combat experience that would look very good on his political record. So he commandeered a helicopter with qualified pilots and got a Marine Recon squad assigned to a mission he thought up all in his own head. Oh, he could read a map, but didn't have any kind of intelligence about the mission. He just knew that he wasn't going to be a hero sitting behind the lines all the time. The mission day came and of course he asked his friend, Lt. Wash, to come with him and while Wash knew very well that said mission would get him and Berlin killed, he did worry about the Squad of Marines that might also get killed. So off these two "Point" officers go into what they have no clue to do what they even have less of a clue. As you can expect, it doesn't turn out very well for, well, anyone!
No one knows how they will react in combat. Some think they know what they're getting into, but few ever really know until it's too late. Learning what you should be doing while trying to stay alive is a bad training plan. Fortunately, Lt. Wash has paid attention when he went to Legion OCS and he did what he was supposed to do. He was treated like dirt by every Legionnaire instructor since they couldn't believe a Point could ever become a real Legion officer. But, Lt. Wash passed the course. And he passed with flying colors, but no one was going to ever say that. No, the Legion would never admit that a Point Officer could also be a good Legion Officer. So, Lt. Wash was assigned to this out-of-the-way supply warehouse where he reviewed supply requistions, all day, every day, until his friend, Maj. Berlin showed up.
This story is very good. It shows what can happen when people who should know better, do stuff they have no business doing. It shows how deadly this can be to the average or even above average soldier or Marine as we have in this story. Leadership means leading and you can't do that if you don't know what you're supposed to do, if you've not been trained and learned that training until it's automatic. That's why OCS and basic training is so hard. It should be automatic if you've been through it, you know what to do. Doesn't always work out, but you had a chance. We these two officers around, the Marines with them almost had no chance. Still, it did have a decent ending. I liked what happened overall. I hope the next book in this collection is just as good!
Book 2 - "Iron Wolves" by Jonathan Yanez with Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
07/15/2021
Another very good book in this collection. I can't believe how good book in the entire Galaxy's Edge universe are turning out to be. If you're a fan of military science fiction, then you've hit the jackpot with all of these books.
This story involves a platoon of Iron Wolf Legionnaires. They are assigned to what seems to be an out-of-the-way mission to represent the Republic when a new government signs up to be part of the Galactic Republic. Cononga is one nation that wants to join the Republic, but it has problems with its neighbors to the north. They are displaces Alines and appear to have a strong leader that wants to takeover all of Cononga. He initially attacks the capital city of Noi right after the Iron Wolves had landed. With a frantic effort, the Iron Wolves fight off these rebels which getting support from another alien by the name of Sola who was hired as a guide for the Iron Wolves. She is accompanied by Fenra, who is definitely an alien and lots of it! While the Iron Wolves successfully fight off this first attack, they find out that this mission isn't going to be as easy as it was described.
First, the President of Cononga specifically requested the Iron Wolves attend the official signing ceremony and that's why the Iron Wolves were on this mission when they normally wouldn't show for what amounts to a diplomatic event. It just so happens that in the long past of the Iron Wolves during Savage Wars, another detachment of Iron Wolves were instrumental in defending Cononga and to this day, everything associated with the Iron Wolves is held in high esteem. There's even a museum in the capital city palace with tons of old Savage Wars weapons and other fighting gear that was used by those Iron Wolves of yesteryears.
Captain Zeno is in command of this Iron Wolves detachment with Sergeant Sam Samson as his Senior NCO. You'll meet and read about almost everyone in the detachment as the story goes along. They are typical Legionnaires, ready to KTF, as usual and feel right at home when they have to protect the capital city right off the bat. Unfortunately, they do have a Major stationed on the Republic space cruiser in orbit. I say, "unfortunately", because he is a "Point" or a politically appointed officer in the Legion and has no operational background at all. He also has no plans to come down to the ground to survey the situation for himself. He has declared this mission a diplomatic mission and that's what it's going to be. He specifically orders Captain Zeno not to engage any indigenous people of the planet.
But, of course, the Legionnaires on the ground aren't going to just stand around when they're fighting to be done. The enemy to the north has hired another alien army of mercenaries and they are coming to take the capital city of Noi. That means that Captain Zeno and Sgt Samson will have to fight with what they got since they're not getting any support from the Republican cruiser. Turns out that a well stocked museum might come in very handy. Modern weapons aren't the only thing the Legion can kill the enemy with.
Lots of fighting, but only in this one place. Pretty easy to follow the story and stay abreast with what was happening. Not sure if this was based on some kind of true-life situation, but I can see that it could easily have been. Lots of little countries trying to stay free by inviting a bigger nation to come in, but that doesn't set well with all the people. So a civil war usually starts out. In this story, there's a little dictator wanting to have more and he's not going to get it. Now on to the next book.
Book 3 - "Stryker's War" by Josh Hayes with Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
August 23, 2021
Above & beyond the call of duty...
We don't fight for politicians ...we fight for our brothers & sisters beside us...
There is an old saw that states ... "Learn from the mistakes of your predecessors because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
This Box Set is very difficult to put down. It is a brief window into the horrors of combat & the brave deeds that often go along the devastation, death & destruction.
The term Order of the Century of course means for us The US Medal of Honor or "The Medal" ... no other words are necessary as any Veteran or Service Personnel.
Former military will pick up on every little familiar snafu, fubar and tarfu that somehow manifests themselves into every ground battle that has ever been fought.
These seven authors that put this together seamlessly.
I highly recommend these authers: Anspach, Cole, Hayes, Fox, James & the Handley team. I have read other books by all of these author's.
Brent V. Spurrell
Fac Et Spera
We don't fight for politicians ...we fight for our brothers & sisters beside us...
There is an old saw that states ... "Learn from the mistakes of your predecessors because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
This Box Set is very difficult to put down. It is a brief window into the horrors of combat & the brave deeds that often go along the devastation, death & destruction.
The term Order of the Century of course means for us The US Medal of Honor or "The Medal" ... no other words are necessary as any Veteran or Service Personnel.
Former military will pick up on every little familiar snafu, fubar and tarfu that somehow manifests themselves into every ground battle that has ever been fought.
These seven authors that put this together seamlessly.
I highly recommend these authers: Anspach, Cole, Hayes, Fox, James & the Handley team. I have read other books by all of these author's.
Brent V. Spurrell
Fac Et Spera
August 7, 2021
A Wonderful Series
Excellent, relatable characters, in epic battle situations. Only one critique. I would have loved a final book that ties together all of the Legionaires' stories into a whole.
Excellent, relatable characters, in epic battle situations. Only one critique. I would have loved a final book that ties together all of the Legionaires' stories into a whole.
September 16, 2021
Excellent. The stories have blurred together in my memory (I read them one after the other a few months ago), but they were all interesting, and not quite all in the same tone. Lots of fighting and camaraderie and banter and black humour.
October 21, 2024
some of the best military sci fi out there
I have read this one twice and have started following some of the authors getting into their stuff.
The dumpster fire that is the galaxies edge universe is always a good read.
I have read this one twice and have started following some of the authors getting into their stuff.
The dumpster fire that is the galaxies edge universe is always a good read.
July 9, 2021
Intergalactic warfare and stupid ROE,s.
A great box set the will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
A great box set the will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
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