To Tread Obsidian Shores

The Bronze Legion, Book 1

Brand new military SF from two veterans with a proven track record of excellent storytelling!

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WARRIOR?

The Protectorate of Mars Foreign Legion: A path to citizenship. A fresh start. Defending the Protectorate of Mars against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

HOPE

With itchy feet and a vagabond soul, all Blue ever wanted was to join the Survey Corps and explore the universe. But when she failed the entry exam, becoming a dropship pilot for the Legion was her last chance at achieving that dream. It was only supposed to be a stepping stone . . .

DUTY

All he ever wanted was a home. But when Tavi is driven from his world by murderous revolutionaries, he only has one chance to escape: the Legion. Searching for a new life, he soon discovers something even better—a family.

WELCOME TO THE LEGION

©2026 Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff (P)2026 Recorded Books

Boring

When i first read/listened to the sample where one of the two MC's is standing outside the recruiters office on a harsh world where he has lived most of his life on the streets as a rugrat with while drinking acid water and rain, i was immediately exited thinking we would go on to basic training and watch him show his tough street urchin skills and kick some ass. instead this book completely skips basic training and we skip to him graduating with honor and apparently having gotten some special training in hand to hand combat. but despite this and his hard upbringing he is seriously timid he just wants to be the perfect marine and when he does a single little thing wrong he gets angry at himself. He even kicks the ass of the other MC's love interest because apparently even though he have lived his early life in a brothel and the remaining before the marines on the streets he knows nothing about S*X (the birds and the bees)

but enough about him. the book is 15 hours long but you can easily skip the first 11 hours because NOTHING happens even then when things then starts happening in the last 4 hours, it still ends up boring and uninteresting