French Foreign Legion for Beginners: A handbook for potential candidates of the Légion étrangère

Thomas Gast was born in 1961. At the age of 23 he joined the French Foreign Legion, his school of life. His first two years were with the 3rd Infantry Regiment in French Guyana, he then served seventeen years, attaining the rank of Adjutant, in the elite 2nd Parachute Regiment (the only airborne unit in the French Foreign Legion), based on the island of Corsica. During this time, he was involved in a wide variety of overseas tours and theatres of operation. This vast experience inspired him to tell his stunning stories about this mysterious guild. In 2002 he moved to Germany, where he worked as a picture and sound engineer at the ́Theater am Neunerplatz` in Würzburg. He is currently working on his latest novel.