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Ricky Balona

<p>Ricky Balona is the author of hard hitting and graphic military fiction novels. Steele is a military fiction series centered on the character Sergeant Steele. It charts Steele&#39;s experience as a Templar during the Crusades where he is cursed to an eternity of military servitude. We follow Sergeant Steele&#39;s battles in the French Foreign Legion, all based on some of the Legion&#39;s most epic and bloody battles.<br /> <br /> French Foreign Legion Adventures is collection of short stories beginning with the Legion&#39;s involvement in the Crimean war through the North African desert era, W.W.1 and W.W.2 through Indochina and Kolwezi and Sarajevo. Written from a simple soldiers point of view caught up in merciless combat using the names of fellow Legionnaires I had the honour of serving with as the characters in the stories.<br /> <br /> Ricky Balona was born in South Africa, now living in Queenstown, New Zealand.<br /> Served in 1 Para S.A.D.F and 5 years in 2 Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. Author of By Blood Spilt series Steele&#39;s Dien Bien Phu, Steele&#39;s Verdun and Steele&#39;s Death March.</p><p>Show More</p><p>Show Less</p>