By Blood Alone (Legion, #3) by William C. Dietz

By Blood Alone (Legion, #3) Reviews

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  Bradhernandez

  Normally a big Dietz fan. This one didnt hook me. Need to read more books from the series. Novel seemed a little disjointed but I will seek out and the read the series.
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  Mike (the Paladin)

  This is a good entry to a good series. We have followed some of the characters since book one and they remain interesting.
  
  Here a rogue group of legionnaires is involved with a coup to overthrow Earth's government and pull Earth out of the Confederation. There is some good action, some political intrigue and of course enough of the "personal story stuff" to get me to give it a 4 instead of a 5.
  
  One thing I think every reader will pick up...a lot of this book is involved with setting up the plot of the next book. Sort of security for the author I guess.
  
  Still, not a bad book. I've liked the fictional universe from my first encounter with it and wonder how long it will be before we actually see military cyborgs.
  
  Recommended...though I advise starting the series from the start.
  
  Enjoy.
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  Chris The Lizard from Planet X

  
  By Blood Alone by Willam C. Dietz is third part in the tale of the legion of the damned trilogy is set again years after the predecessor, (The Final Battle) and is again, seeing the Galaxy back into a state of war, first off, to understand the real complexities of this, you really do need to go back and read the first two of the series. This isn’t a bad thing, I had the pleasure of getting to review them previously and they are superb. As a stand alone though, ‘by blood alone’ could prove a bit difficult to follow even considering the time scale in which it is set in comparison. Dietz manages to prove again why he has such a well regarded reputation in sci fi. This time, as in the second novel, Dietz moves the focus a little further away from the Legion of the Damned, a cyborg army made up of the worst criminals and terminally ill looking for an alternative to death and onto a human focal point instead. In doing this, Dietz has managed to keep an ever more familiar set up fresh and just as interesting as on it’s first use, there is also a lot of future plotlines set out and some very interesting speculation on advancement in the technicalities that could be seen in weaponry and warfare. The characters throughout being linked to previous proves to be a nice touch and leads very quickly to them becoming just as good to read about as any of the plot and warfare that made this series as appealing from the start.
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  Phil

  Some interesting stories on politics, but little action. This series is turning into more hypothetical futuristic politics than military scifi.
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  Simon

  I have been working late and didn't think that I could get far enough into my big read in the short time I had to read each night before nigh-nighs so I opted for some lighter fair for a while...
  
  I think that this is the first in a series but I have not been able to determine what the others in the series are from the author's works nor what sequence they might be read. Never mind though because this is one of those most excellent books that stands on its own two feet regardless of sequels etc.
  
  The story had a great blend of land and space combat, a number of interwoven plotlines which you can opt to accept as resolved at the end of the book, and an interesting range of human and alien characters. This was the first one of William Dietz's books that I read and I have since sought and read some more, just none from the series. I have read this book 5-6 times now and it has yet to get tired on me, possibly because a. it is well-written, b. because the story has a broad scope on and off Earth, and c. the technology is plausible but nauseatingly technical and the author does not feel that he has to delve into the workings of each and every widget...
  
  I am most keen to acquire the devour the remainder of the series if I can determine what titles I need and what order to read them...
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  Mel

  The new techno-thriller from the author of Legion of the Damned and The Final Battle, it takes more than guts to win a war. It's Legionnaire against Legionnaire in a struggle that will be won by strength, by courage, and fittingly so, by blood alone. In a Legion gone lax, Colonel Bill Booly, with his mixed blood and by-the-book attitude, is a misfit. So when he steps on some important toes, his punishment is assignment to the worst post in the galaxy: Earth. But Booly and his troops will turn out to be Earth's best line of defense, when a Legion-led military coup topples the government.
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  Melanie

  The new techno-thriller from the author of Legion of the Damned and The Final Battle, it takes more than guts to win a war. It's Legionnaire against Legionnaire in a struggle that will be won by strength, by courage, and fittingly so, by blood alone. In a Legion gone lax, Colonel Bill Booly, with his mixed blood and by-the-book attitude, is a misfit. So when he steps on some important toes, his punishment is assignment to the worst post in the galaxy: Earth. But Booly and his troops will turn out to be Earth's best line of defense, when a Legion-led military coup topples the government.
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  Fred Hughes

  Another great story that started with the Legion of the Damned. This is book 3 in that series.
  
  Earth is at peace, for the time being but some of the politico's see an opportunity to enrich themselves even more and what's a couple of dead bodies but a minor political inconvenience.
  
  Meanwhile in deep space someone is approaching that bodes well for no one. We get a little peak at them but have to wait for book 4 to get the full picture
  
  Great book, great series
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  LMW

  The series of the 'Legion of the Damned' is entertaining reading. Nothing deep, nothing spectacular, and not a lot of thinking involved. They are good with the plot lines, and action, characters are not too deep. Overall, not too thought provoking, but entertaining.
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  Orson

  This was a tough book to slog through. The writing was difficult to follow and the story jumped from so many places that the story was really hard to follow. Characters came and went without my really being able to understand where they fit into the plot.
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  I.F. Adams

  The start of the main plot arc of "The Legion" series. A civil war on earth, with the legion itself also split down the middle, each side trying to draw support form the outside.
  
  Was fun, prefer it in the context of the entire series. The books itself is merely okay.
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  Papal Bull

  A fundamentally flawed novel.
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  Perry

  a little disjointed and the mutiny motivations really didn't seem developed well.
  
  still, I have hopes for the rest of the series as I continue.
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  Bill

  Mutiny in the Legion and self-centered politicians put the Confederacy in peril. No shortage of action.
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  Mark Baller

  Great future war stories alien alliances an all !!!!
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  Dale (Aus)

  I enjoyed this continuing story, complex but well layered. Will continue to read more.