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By Blood Alone
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By Blood Alone Mass market paperbound - 1999

by William C. Dietz

In a Legion gone lax, Colonel Bill Booly steps on important toes and is quickly assigned to the worst post in the galaxy. Fort Mosby, Earth is home of the 13th Half-Brigade, a collection of Legion rogues and rejects. Booly and his troublemaking troops turn out to be the best line of defense when a Legion-led military coup topples the government.


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It takes more than guts to win a war... 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. It's Legionnaire against Legionnaire in a struggle that will be won by strength, by courage, and...

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It takes more than guts to win a war...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.It's Legionnaire against Legionnaire in a struggle that will be won by strength, by courage, and...

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The sun rose blood red, threw shadows toward the Pacific, and bathed the campus in soft pink light.

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  • Title By Blood Alone
  • Author William C. Dietz
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ace Books, New York
  • Date July 1, 1999
  • ISBN 9780441006311 / 0441006310
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.75 x 4.2 x 1.09 in (17.15 x 10.67 x 2.77 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Military art and science
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Ingram Paperback Advance, 07/01/1999, Page 35

About the author

William C. Dietz grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a medic, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for a year, and has traveled to six continents. Dietz has been variously employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer and television producer, and currently serves as Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company.
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