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'''Legion''' is a series of three novellas by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. The series explicitly explores a "psychology-as-superpower" theme that runs through many of Brandon's works, and he describes them as the "most personal stories" he has ever written.{{ref\|text=''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]'' preface}} No further stories are currently planned, but the character could return in other forms of media such as television.{{wob ref\|11560}} ~~'''Legion''' is a series of novellas by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It is currently planned to be three novellas.~~ == Books == The first two novellas were released as standalone stories; [[wikipedia:Subterranean Press\|Subterranean Press]] published limited leatherbound hardcover editions,{{bws ref\|august-conventions-legion-updates\|August Conventions, ''Legion'' & Updates\|date=2012-08-07}} while [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]] published the ebooks. Dragonsteel later published new hardcover editions when Subterranean's editions became harder to find.{{bws ref\|the-many-aspects-of-the-legion-book-covers\|The Many Aspects of the Legion Book Covers\|date=2018-09-04}}{{bws ref\|introducing-legion-skin-deep\|Introducing ''Legion: Skin Deep''\|date=2014-11-25\|name=skin deep}} The third and final novella was published by Tor Books as part of an omnibus collecting all three novellas entitled ''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]''. The three novellas are separate, but written to provide a cohesive story.{{ref\|text=''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]'' preface}}{{tor ref\|cover-reveal-brandon-sanderson-legion-the-many-lives-of-stephen-leeds/\|''Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds'' cover reveal\|date= Mar 20th, 2018}} All three novellas are published together in an omnibus titled ''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]''. ▼ The chapter heading images, which resemble inkblots that evolve to form an image, were designed by [[Isaac Stewart]].{{book ref\|legion3\|part=ack}} {\| class='infobox bib' width=100% \|- class=title ! width=5% \| Year ! width=2025% \| Title ! width=2010% \| Order ! width=7.5% \| Length ! width=4045% \| Notes ! width=7.5% \| Refs \|- class='legion other' \| #1 \| Novella \| Limited edition hardcover published by Subterranean Press<br>Hardcover and ebook published by Dragonsteel Entertainment \| \|{{bws ref\|legion-ebook-available-now\|"LEGION ebook available now!"\|date=Sep 12th, 2012}} \| \|- class='legion other' \| #2 \| Novella \| Limited edition hardcover published by Subterranean Press<br>Hardcover and ebook published by Dragonsteel Entertainment \| \|{{ref\|name=skin deep}} \| \|- class='legion other ~~unreleased~~' ! rowspan=2\| 2018 \| ''[[Legion: Lies of the Beholder]]'' \| #3 \| Novella \| Limited edition hardcover published by Subterranean Press<br>Ebook published by Tor Books \| \|{{tor ref\|cover-reveal-brandon-sanderson-legion-the-many-lives-of-stephen-leeds/\|''Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds'' cover reveal\|date= Mar 20th, 2018}} \| \|- class='legion other' ▲~~All three novellas are published together in an omnibus titled~~\| ''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]''. \| Collects #1-3 \| Omnibus \| Ebook, hardcover, and trade paperback published by Tor Books \| {{bws ref\|the-many-aspects-of-the-legion-book-covers\|The Many Aspects of the Legion Book Covers\|date=2018-09-04}} \|- class='legion other' ! rowspan=2\| 2022 \| ''[[Stephen Leeds: Death & Faxes]]'' \| Between #1 and #3 \| Novella \| Audio original published by Mainframe \| {{url ref\|name=catalog\|url=https://www.awfulagent.com/catalogs/\|site=awfulagent.com\|text=JABberwocky Catalog & Rights Guide\|date=2021-06-14}} \|} == Setting == ''Legion'' is set in an alternative universe Earth which seems to be equivalent to ours up to the 21st century. ~~There~~[[Stephen ~~seems~~Leeds]]' toabilities beare ~~the~~largely ~~possibility~~explained ofin-world ~~some~~as ~~secret/shady~~psychological ~~supernatural~~phenomena ~~investment~~combined inwith ~~however~~his ~~Stephen~~genius ~~Leeds~~intellect ~~powers~~and ~~work~~photographic memory, ~~and~~although ~~there~~certain ~~are~~events ~~some~~seem ~~alterations~~to have supernatural influence. Leeds is also an unreliable narrator due to ~~history~~ongoing ~~given~~mental ~~how~~struggles. ~~famous~~Real-life entities such as the [[wikipedia:FBI\|FBI]], [[wikipedia:Lexus\|Lexus]], and ~~influential~~[[wikipedia:SIG ~~Steven~~Sauer\|SIG ~~has~~Sauer]] ~~become.~~are ~~There~~mentioned,{{book ~~also~~ref\|legion2\|9}}{{book ~~seems~~ref\|legion3\|9}}{{book toref\|legion2\|13}} bebut ~~developments~~there ofare ~~technology~~some ~~which~~technological ~~have~~developments that ~~not~~exceed ~~had~~any parallels in ~~our~~the real world, such as ~~the~~a ~~camera~~virtual ~~that~~reality "[[~~Azari Laboratories, Inc~~holodeck]]".{{book ~~develop.~~ref\|legion3\|11}} == Cover Gallery == {{CoverToC\|legion}} ~~<gallery widths=240px heights=240px mode="packed">~~ ~~File:Legion cover.jpg~~ ~~File:Legion2 cover.jpg~~ ~~File:Lies of the Beholder Limited Hardcover.jpg~~ ~~File:Legion Omnibus US Hardcover.jpeg~~ ~~</gallery>~~ == Notes == <references /> {{meta/~~stub~~partial}} {{Legion}} {{books~~\|cats=[[Category: Series]]~~}} [[Category: Series]] [[category: Legion\| ]]