They called us the Damned. Now we're going home.
The Chicago Hive is ash. The Queen is dead. Gaius Octavian and the First Cohort closed the portal - by jumping through it.
On the other side: red sky, no sun, air that burns, gravity that crushes. A black sea of collared Veyr stretching to the horizon.
The Veyr were never the real enemy.
Something taller watches from behind them. Twenty feet tall. No face. Holding the collars.
The Architects.
And they aren't alone. On a black hill beyond the portal, beneath a red sky, a flag still flies - a faded US flag from the 1960s. Carved beneath it in ancient stone:
KILROY WAS HERE - LEGIO I - 45 BC.
The First Legion. Lost two thousand years before the Ninth. Still alive. Still holding the Wall on the Veyr homeworld.
Legio Damnatorum held Chicago with six hundred men against a living city. Now they must go back.
Operation Helljump was the recon. Operation Imperium is the war.
Helljumper Company: Operation Earthfall is Book 2 in the Helljumper Company: Legio Damnatorum series - a grimdark military sci-fi epic blending Roman legion warfare with modern special operations. Perfect for fans of Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, and The Black Company.
Rangers lead the way. The Damned hold the Wall.