I am really excited about this product but from what I have read the box will not contain miniatures.

That's really a shame because if there is one game I have always been waiting for is a mix between a CYOA book and a game like Descent for the Dungeon/Exploration part. You would read from the book and make choices and then at some stage you would pull out the miniatures and the tiles and go dungeon delving in a Co-op style.

I do not thing legacy will be the hybrid I have been waiting for... It will be close but not just there... Too bad.

It sounds like this is the game you're looking for: Folklore The Affliction. It matches your description perfectly.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159504/folklore-affliction

i just recently got Folklore. It's a cool game but, I still plan on getting Dragonholt. The only bad thing is no Minotaur race. I wanted to play as Steelhorns.

there's also gloomhaven (all of folklore can be a bit expensive)