• Legion of the Damned

  • Legion of the Damned, Book 1
  • By: William C. Dietz
  • Narrated by: Donald Corren
  • Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (828 ratings)

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Legion of the Damned

By: William C. Dietz
Narrated by: Donald Corren
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Publisher's summary

In the future, the terminally ill can prolong life by surrendering their consciousness to a cybernetic life form that is then recruited into the notorious Legion of the Damned, an elite fighting unit charged with protecting humanity.

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Pretty poor

As fiction, this book is not particularly well written. I found the characters to be pretty one dimensional. The author fails to build any significant suspense, indeed, the motivation and intention of the main alien antagonists in the story is enumerated in dreary detail in the first few chapters. We could (and should have been left guessing a bit longer!)

As science fiction, I also found it wanting. Most of the ideas in the book are clich?s, such as cyborgs. This wouldn't be so bad if the reason for their use wasn't left bafflingly unclear. Why would an army be partially constituted of cyborgs? A decent SF author would have at least made it clear.

It looses all credibility as hard SF for me during a combat sequence in near 0G conditions when Dietz pays little heed to the basic Newtonian laws, that any high school physics student should understand.

In summary, I found the rave reviews others have given this title baffling.

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Squick and gross

I was doing ok with the book until it got to the porn/murder scene where the two are combined. That was an immediate “nope!!!!” Moment. I honestly have no idea how the author felt comfortable writing that. Would not recommend to anyone.

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Bad Writting

Would you try another book from William C. Dietz and/or Donald Corren?

A latter book, when his writing is better

What could William C. Dietz have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Be Original and not so Clique. Don't rip-off other Sci-fi names

What about Donald Corren’s performance did you like?

Well Done!

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

Just poor writting

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