Along the way, Alain meets some new friends, including Luther, an African American who has fled injustice in the States, Mackintosh, a former British Army Major with a gambling problem, and Guido, a naive Italian boy who wishes to impress his girl back home by returning as a hero.
Galgani has sent his hired thugs into the Legion as well, to find Alain and get revenge for the death of Galgani's brother.