This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome back Matt Wallace, cohost of the Hugo Award winning Ditch Diggers podcast, and author of Rencor: Life in Grudge City, the Sin du Jour series and his brand new, debut epic Fantasy, SAVAGE LEGION.

About SAVAGE LEGION: They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable.

The empire relies on them. The Savages are the greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire’s enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, there are always more to take their place.

Evie is not a Savage. She’s a warrior with a mission: to find the man she once loved, the man who holds the key to exposing the secret of the Savage Legion and ending the mass conscription of the empire’s poor and wretched.

But to find him, she must become one of them, to be marked in her blood, to fight in their wars, and to find her purpose. Evie will die a Savage if she has to, but not before showing the world who she really is and what the Savage Legion can really do.

About Matt Wallace: Matt Wallace is the Hugo–winning author of Rencor: Life in Grudge City, the Sin du Jour series, and Savage Legion. He’s also penned over one hundred short stories in addition to writing for film and television. In his youth he traveled the world as a professional wrestler, unarmed combat, and self-defense instructor before retiring to write full-time. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Nikki.

This week’s picks:

* Matt: Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles Book 1) by Kate Elliott

* Tracy: Batman: The Animated Series

* Patrick: Umbrella Academy Season 2 (Netflix)

Links:

* Matt Wallace on Twitter

* Tracy Townsend on Twitter

* Patrick Hester on Twitter

* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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