William C. Dietz is a celebrated author whose narratives frequently delve into the complexities of human connection within demanding circumstances. His writing is distinguished by its insightful exploration of character psychology and his skill in crafting compelling plots. Drawing from a diverse professional background, he infuses his stories with a unique perspective and considerable depth. His style offers readers both accessibility and intellectual stimulation, ensuring a memorable literary journey.
Now a platoon leader, Legionnaire Andromeda McKee seems to have successfully left behind her true identity of Lady Catherine Cat Carletto. When the empress' ship crashes on a hostile planet and Andromeda is assigned to head up the rescue mission, she will finally come face to face with her greatest enemy.
Legion General Bill Booly knows that peace is just a pause between wars. He's just crushed one uprising, and now a new rebellion is already brewing on a remote world light years away - spawning a web of terrorism that is close enough to catch the vulnerable Confederacy in its grasp.
As the war with the Ramanthian continues, Captain Antonio Santana and his force of biobods and cyborgs find themselves surrounded by enemy forces. On the home front, Santana's love-diplomat Christine Vanderveen-meets the charismatic newly elected president of the Clone Republic, and finds herself torn between old love and new loyalty.
To ensure the survival of The Confederacy, the Legion of the Damned must establish a new capital on the planet Algeron - and seize faster-than-light technology from alien forces before it can be used against them.
Having stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology.
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, with a Legion-led military coup topples the government.
Captured by the alien Ramanthians, diplomat Christine Vanderveen must protect the Confederacy's President from both their captors and fellow prisoners. But rescue is on the way, led by Lieutenant Tonio Sanchez. Vanderveen's former lover, who must try to set aside his personal feelings for the sake of the mission.
Andromeda McKee rebuilt her life in the violent embrace of the Legion of the Damned in the days when cyborgs were first being introduced. Summoned to Earth, Andromeda learns that she isn't the sole surviving Carletto - her uncle Rex is the leader of a resistance group determined to overthrow Ophelia.
In July 1951, after Russia's isolation, Earth faces the Chimera, insatiable alien invaders who overran Europe by 1950. Only Britain holds them at bay. By November 1952, the Chimera invade the US, where immune US Ranger Lieutenant Nathan Hale leads a team against them, realizing the greatest threat may come from within.
One marine squad, led by young upstart Jim Raynor and giant Tychus Findlay, are prepared to battle a corrupt government as it works for interplanetary domination in this action-packed thriller set in the StarCraft universe. For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy’s fringe worlds, the Guild Wars have exacted a huge toll. Swayed by the promise of financial rewards, a new batch of recruits joins the fight alongside a slew of mysteriously docile criminals—and a few dubious military leaders. Eighteen-year-old Jim Raynor, full of testosterone and eager to make things right at home, ships off to boot camp, but he soon discovers that the official mission is not what he’s really fighting for. For the first time ever, StarCraft enthusiasts will learn the origins of the enduring friendship between Jim Raynor and the streetwise soldier Tychus Findlay. Watch as they battle on the front lines of a fierce interplanetary war and bear witness to the Confederacy’s rank corruption—corruption so reprehensible that it rains immeasurable death and destruction upon the government’s own people.
