Space Opera

Legion: A SpaceOpera LitRPG Novel

Name: Legion: A SpaceOpera LitRPG Novel
Rating: 3.24 (33 reviews)
Author: Devin Cain

Devin Cain

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Synopsis

Between Heaven and Hell, we are Legion.

Life isn’t what it used to be in Earth’s megacities. Finally having enough of eating crumbs and trying to stay alive, I decided to take hold of my destiny and join one of the spacefaring legions. Getting accepted into a legion turned out to be a hell of a lot harder than I thought—until I met the Devil himself. Signing a contract and offering my soul in exchange for a chance at escaping Earth and a promise of power, I left it all behind only to find myself in a far worse situation among the sadistic officers aboard the Steel Legion.

After a gruesome turn, a chance for revenge comes along and gives me the opportunity to take care of the corrupted group of officers and their followers, ending their evil ways. However, the awakened monstrosity that I’ve become is an extremely important chess piece in this epic game between Heaven, Hell, and Earth’s forces. They will stop at nothing to retake me and the Legion, dead or alive.

Legion is an adult-oriented SciFi SpaceOpera LitRPG containing: gore, foul language, and other disturbing content. It doesn’t contain any explicit sexual scenes.

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