Star Legions: The Ten Thousand - The First Trilogy. Star Legions: The Ten Thousand - Box Sets, #1

They are an unstoppable force of mercenaries from every known Terran planet in the Galaxy. They have little in common, other than their love of wealth and adventure, and a bitter hatred for each other. Known simply as the Black Legion, they will blaze a trail of death and destruction that will be remembered for generations. This compendium edition contains the full text of books one to three and includes Battle for Cilicia, Assault on Khorram and Warlords of Cunaxa:Battle for CiliciaFor Xenophon, the Black Legion is an escape from the state that tried to kill him and his family.
Exiled from his homeworld he joins the mercenaries, along with Glaucon, the rich playboy, Roxana, the veteran naval commander, and Tamara, the blue-haired castaway with a hidden past and a violent personality. Nothing will prepare them for the carnage awaiting them as they enter the borders of the Median Empire, the largest and most powerful entity in the known Galaxy, ruled with an iron fist by the tyrant, Emperor Artaxerxes and his legions of slave soldiers.
Assault on KhorramBurning with rage from the combat losses at Cilicia, the Black Legion wants payment, and Lord Cyrus has a target that will satisfy even the most greedy of his warriors. It is a target so rich that he wonders if the mercenaries will even have enough ships to carry off the loot. Warlords of CunaxaXenophon and his comrades have proven their worth, and now the combined fleets of the Black Legion and their allies are poised to end the conflict.
Both sides have mobilised every warrior and ship they can, for what will be a final apocalyptical battle between the Terrans and the Emperor himself.