The Price of Glory: The Gray Death Legion Trilogy, Book Three by William H. Keith

Author:William H. Keith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs

Grayson Carlyle walked through the encampment, noticing the many small groups huddled together in earnest conversation. The usual light-hearted banter typical of a soldier’s campground was missing. It was always bad after a battle, when so many were wounded, but there was more than that here. This time, it was the whole Legion in danger, not just individuals.

Most people fell suddenly silent when Grayson walked past, but he had overheard enough to know that many were afraid the Legion would disband, and that many more thought it should disband.

Maybe they’re right, he thought.

Grayson had been raised to be a soldier, a MechWarrior, and so he was used to fighting. He was also used to being able to see his enemy, too. How did one fight a rumor, a lie? The story had been running on the local news service, Atkins had said, and had probably been holovised on a thousand other planets as well. Even if the Legion managed to get off Helm—and right now he had no idea how to accomplish that—what chance would they have of ever getting employment again? The lie would precede them; they’d be branded forever.

Yet, if they disbanded, then what? A few of his people might be able to obtain passage off-world, but most would be stuck here forever. Not that Helm was such a bad place. In its cold, severe way, it was actually a beautiful planet. But it wasn’t home. Not anymore. And even assuming Marik left them alone, what could ex-mercenaries do for a living?

Even if the Legion did disband, how many of them would be able to make it off-world…or strike bargains with new employers? More to the point, how many would escape the Marik nets? If Marik had gone to this much trouble to crush the regiment, they weren’t going to be content with the mere dissolution of the unit. From the look of things, they were bent on annihilation. Was it possible that the whole thing had been created just so they could seize an ancient Star League weapons cache?

Grayson stopped just then, letting his gaze travel around the encampment, watching as men and women cleaned their weapons, prepared food over low fires, worked or talked or simply rested in their tents.

There had to be something they could do!

The biggest question was whether there was enough of the regiment left to do it.

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