Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of An American in the French Foreign Legion (ISBN=)

　　Since 1831, the French Foreign Legion has been a renowned
fighting force. It gives men a new lease on life-and a chance to
test their physical and mental limits. In 1999, that’s just what
American Jaime Salazar was looking for.
　　The son of underpaid Mexican immigrants, Jaime earned a degree in
mechanical engineering from Purdue. But at twenty-three, he was
disillusioned with the corporate fast track. So he became an
outcast American in a hard-bitten group of recruits-men on the run
from their pasts, men without hope: He joined the French Foreign
Legion.

　　From the Legion’s notoriously brutal training to Salazar’s
fierce competitiveness, ultimate disillusionment and dramatic
desertion, Legion of the Lost is a compelling, firsthand
account of today’s French Foreign Legion that will dispel myths
while adding to the legend of the finest trained army of warriors
the world has ever known.

　　Jaime Salazar has an advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Purdue University. He works in the Oil & Gas sector.
Legion of the Lost is his first book.