The roots of the Legion of the Damned lie deep within the
mythology of the future. But now, national bestselling
author William C. Dietz goes back to the Legion’s early days
with the story of one recruit’s rebirth and redemption…
Hundreds of years in the future, much has changed. Advances
in medicine, technology, and science abound. Humanity has
gone to the stars, found alien life, and established an
empire.
But some things never change...
All her life, Lady Catherine Carletto (called Cat) has lived
for nothing but the next party, the next lover, the next
expensive toy. Until, in a bloodthirsty power grab, Imperial
Princess Ophelia and her cadre of synth assassins murder her
brother the emperor, and go on to purge the galaxy of his
friends and supporters—including Cat’s family. The Carlettos
are known to be staunch supporters of the Emperor and
Carletto Industries has been in the forefront of his pet
project—developing cybernetic technology for use by the
masses.
Now Cat, one of the last surviving Carlettos, is on the run.
And, like countless others before her, she finds her
sanctuary among the most dangerous of society’s misfits.
Welcome to the Legion.
Cat Carletto vanishes, and in her place stands Legion
recruit Andromeda McKee. A woman with a mission—to bring
down Empress Ophelia—or die trying.