Legion Series by K.C. Finn - Book Tour + Giveaway
Legion Lost
By
K.C. Finn
K.C. Finn
Genre:
Dystopian
Dystopian
One Underground girl escapes from a soldiers’ raid. Lost and above
ground for the very first time, she has only one option to secure her
survival: the Legion—a government organization for teenagers with
no place left to run. Leave your identity at the gate, and join a
life of military service until you reach adulthood. It sounds ideal,
but the Underground girl knows that the System won’t stop looking
for its female runaway. So, she tells a lie about her gender.
ground for the very first time, she has only one option to secure her
survival: the Legion—a government organization for teenagers with
no place left to run. Leave your identity at the gate, and join a
life of military service until you reach adulthood. It sounds ideal,
but the Underground girl knows that the System won’t stop looking
for its female runaway. So, she tells a lie about her gender.
And it will change her forever.
Posing as Raja, a boy-soldier, the Underground girl is thrown into Legion
life at its full, brutal speed. Here, she meets Senior Commander
Briggs, whose savage authority reigns over the teenage soldiers.
Amongst them are a band of oddballs known as the South Tower Rejects,
led by Stirling, a tall, savvy stranger with bright copper hair and
eyes that shine like oceans. There’s something hiding behind his
cocky smile, and Raja wants to know what it is.
life at its full, brutal speed. Here, she meets Senior Commander
Briggs, whose savage authority reigns over the teenage soldiers.
Amongst them are a band of oddballs known as the South Tower Rejects,
led by Stirling, a tall, savvy stranger with bright copper hair and
eyes that shine like oceans. There’s something hiding behind his
cocky smile, and Raja wants to know what it is.
“Little boy, if you think I’m not going to notice how
incompetent you are, just because you’re next to her, then think again.”
He thinks I’m cowardly now too—a very promising sign. When
the commander runs through the process of how to load our automatic guns, I ask
him to stop and repeat even the simplest parts of the instructions. I can see
the strain in his steely eyes, like he’s resisting the urge to just get up and
smack me for interrupting him. On the outside, the others are still looking at
me like I’m defective in some way, but, on the inside, I’m starting to enjoy
winding Briggs up by playing the fool.
We have limited time to practise setting up the guns in our
pairs. The bruised girl is surprisingly good at locking the pieces into the
right places, and I learn more from watching her than I did from Briggs’s brisk
display.
“What’s your name?” I ask her, once I’m sure the commander
is busy helping someone else.
“Lucrece,” she replies.
I am taken aback by the broken quality to her voice. She
sounds as though someone has forced her to gargle with glass.
“I’m Raja,” I tell her, and she lets that little smile slip
out again.
“You’re all right, Raja,” Lucrece says. “The first friendly-looking
face I’ve seen around here. Pity friendly
isn’t in Briggs’s assessment criteria.”
Lucrece is a remarkably intelligent girl. Though her hands
shake with nerves, she understands the mechanics of the gun far better than I
do, and she explains the principles of distance, perception, and air resistance
with confidence. From her, I learn that the guns have two settings: single shot
and continuous fire. She finds the switch to change between the modes with
ease. It pleases me to know that she has so much skill, but a little part of me
is sad when I realise that she won’t be coming to the South Tower with me after
all. Once today is over, we might never speak to one another again.
“Time’s up,” Briggs snarls. “You, you, and you, with me up
here.”
Lucrece is one of the three people that Briggs’s pointing
finger finds. She hands me her gun and stumbles nervously to the commander’s
side with the two tall boys the commander has picked. Briggs uncovers something
huge and lumpy from beside the gun stores, throwing it at Lucrece. She misses
the catch as the heavy object thumps her hard in the chest, but when she
manages to lift it again, the object takes shape. It is a thick, padded jacket,
which appears to be full of small, frayed holes.
“Put these on,” Briggs barks, handing a jacket to each of
the boys too, “and go and stand in front of the targets.”
He can’t be doing what I think he’s doing, and yet I watch
in horror as Lucrece pads up and walks a few metres away. She heads toward the
spiral-shaped targets that I’d assumed we would be aiming at. Briggs gives the
three teens a shout when he’s satisfied with their distance, then turns back to
us with a self-satisfied smirk.
“Set your weapons to fire single shots,” he instructs.
“Let’s make some holes in those dummies, recruits.”
They aren’t dummies. They’re people. Real people. My fellow
soldiers are adjusting their guns, but I can’t stand to even touch mine now.
“What if we miss, sir?” I interject. “We could kill them.”
Briggs leans close to my face, his bared teeth glowing white
against his dark lips.
“You’d better not miss then, had you son?” he purrs.
Legion Found
The heart-wrenching sequel to Kindle Press's LEGION LOST has arrived. As
our heroine Raja suffers with intense grief, her new identity as a Highland rebel soldier is about to be put to the test. As part of an intrepid rescue mission, she and her fellow Highlanders will travel south to infiltrate the System itself, discovering the fresh horrors that Governor Prudell has subjected her people to. Death, destruction and all-out war awaits, and nothing can prepare them for the terror of the truth.
our heroine Raja suffers with intense grief, her new identity as a Highland rebel soldier is about to be put to the test. As part of an intrepid rescue mission, she and her fellow Highlanders will travel south to infiltrate the System itself, discovering the fresh horrors that Governor Prudell has subjected her people to. Death, destruction and all-out war awaits, and nothing can prepare them for the terror of the truth.
K. C. Finn was born and raised in Cardiff, South Wales, where her love
for storytelling grew at a precociously young age. After developing
the medical condition M.E. / C.F.S., Kim turned to writing to escape
the pressures of disabled living, only to become hooked on the
incredible world of publishing.
for storytelling grew at a precociously young age. After developing
the medical condition M.E. / C.F.S., Kim turned to writing to escape
the pressures of disabled living, only to become hooked on the
incredible world of publishing.
Kim spends most of her time locked in the writing cave with an obscenely
large mug of tea. When not writing, she can be found pursuing her PhD
in Linguistics, watching classic British comedy, or concocting evil
schemes in the secret laboratory in her attic.
large mug of tea. When not writing, she can be found pursuing her PhD
in Linguistics, watching classic British comedy, or concocting evil
schemes in the secret laboratory in her attic.
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