Vessels Grim and Daring
(2026)(The second book in the Bronze Legion series)
A novel by Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A HERO?
The Protectorate of Mars Foreign Legion isn’t just a path to citizenship—it’s a calling. To be more than you were before. A defender, a protector . . . a hero.
COURAGE
Private Diego Tavi proved his worth during the evacuation of Aurora, earning his drop name and finding a new home within the Bronze Legion. But beneath the calm exterior of a battle-tested legionnaire lies a mind in turmoil—about who he is, what he will become, and whether he will be able to keep his sworn oath to be the best legionnaire possible.
HONOR
Lieutenant Astra ‘Blue’ Eliassen proved herself ready for command in the skies of Aurora, earning her Raven wings and a promotion to aircraft commander of Bronze Raven Four. But everything has a cost, and rescuing 4th Squad carried a steep bill—one Sir Percival Norwood is determined to collect. With political games interfering with her military career, Blue will have to lean hard on the lessons of her legendary grandmother or risk losing everything she’s worked so hard for . . . including her dreams of joining the Survey Corps.
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Jason Cordova is both a John W. Campbell Award and Dragon Award finalist. He edited his first anthology, Chicks in Tank Tops, coauthored Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever with Larry Correia, and wrote Mountain of Fire in the Black Tide Rising universe, all with Baen Books. He has 28 novels currently in print and has been featured in numerous anthologies. A Navy veteran, he is also a former middle school teacher. Though Californian by birth, he has since relocated to the South, where he swears at the humidity on a thrice-daily basis. He can be found at www.jasoncordova.com.
Melissa Olthoff is a science fiction and fantasy author who delights in sneaking in romance wherever she can. She is a lifelong geek and a veteran of the United States Air Force, both of which are incredibly useful when writing. Her degrees in meteorology and accounting are slightly less applicable to writing but absolutely useful when it comes to supporting her family. In 2023, she took second place in the annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Contest with her story ‘Fall from Grace’ and won the Imadjinn Award Best Short Story in 2023 and 2024. She is published by Baen, Chris Kennedy Publishing, Hit World Press, and Three Ravens Publishing, and is best known for her first novel of the Griffin Corps, Rise from Ruin, and novels in the Four Horsemen Universe, the Blood & Armor Series, the Salvage Title Universe, and Hit World Valkyries, as well as numerous short stories.
Genre: Science Fiction
The Protectorate of Mars Foreign Legion isn’t just a path to citizenship—it’s a calling. To be more than you were before. A defender, a protector . . . a hero.
COURAGE
Private Diego Tavi proved his worth during the evacuation of Aurora, earning his drop name and finding a new home within the Bronze Legion. But beneath the calm exterior of a battle-tested legionnaire lies a mind in turmoil—about who he is, what he will become, and whether he will be able to keep his sworn oath to be the best legionnaire possible.
HONOR
Lieutenant Astra ‘Blue’ Eliassen proved herself ready for command in the skies of Aurora, earning her Raven wings and a promotion to aircraft commander of Bronze Raven Four. But everything has a cost, and rescuing 4th Squad carried a steep bill—one Sir Percival Norwood is determined to collect. With political games interfering with her military career, Blue will have to lean hard on the lessons of her legendary grandmother or risk losing everything she’s worked so hard for . . . including her dreams of joining the Survey Corps.
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Jason Cordova is both a John W. Campbell Award and Dragon Award finalist. He edited his first anthology, Chicks in Tank Tops, coauthored Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever with Larry Correia, and wrote Mountain of Fire in the Black Tide Rising universe, all with Baen Books. He has 28 novels currently in print and has been featured in numerous anthologies. A Navy veteran, he is also a former middle school teacher. Though Californian by birth, he has since relocated to the South, where he swears at the humidity on a thrice-daily basis. He can be found at www.jasoncordova.com.
Melissa Olthoff is a science fiction and fantasy author who delights in sneaking in romance wherever she can. She is a lifelong geek and a veteran of the United States Air Force, both of which are incredibly useful when writing. Her degrees in meteorology and accounting are slightly less applicable to writing but absolutely useful when it comes to supporting her family. In 2023, she took second place in the annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Contest with her story ‘Fall from Grace’ and won the Imadjinn Award Best Short Story in 2023 and 2024. She is published by Baen, Chris Kennedy Publishing, Hit World Press, and Three Ravens Publishing, and is best known for her first novel of the Griffin Corps, Rise from Ruin, and novels in the Four Horsemen Universe, the Blood & Armor Series, the Salvage Title Universe, and Hit World Valkyries, as well as numerous short stories.
Genre: Science Fiction
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