Starfist Force Recon Pointblank

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345493637

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Starfist: Force Recon: Pointblank by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

A bold new contingent—Force Recon—joins the explosive Starfist space epic of marines at war. A Confederation army is besieged on the planet Ravenette, cut off by and facing destruction at the hands of a dozen Secessionist Coalition worlds arrayed against it. The outnumbered and outgunned forces cling precariously to their foothold, dubbed “Bataan” by the desperate men in their fighting bunkers. Reinforcements are on the way, but will they arrive in time? And even if they do, can they match the well-led, highly motivated enemy determined to destroy them in battle? But the Confederation commander holds a wild card, an elite force armed only with what they carry on their backs and in their heads: a small detachment of Marines who lightly go where others fear to tread, the Fourth Force Recon Company. For anyone else this mission would be suicide, but for these Marines, it’s just another day in the maelstrom.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345460592

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Starfist: Force Recon: Pointblank by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

A bold new contingent—Force Recon—joins the explosive Starfist space epic of marines at war. A Confederation army is besieged on the planet Ravenette, cut off by and facing destruction at the hands of a dozen Secessionist Coalition worlds arrayed against it. The outnumbered and outgunned forces cling precariously to their foothold, dubbed “Bataan” by the desperate men in their fighting bunkers. Reinforcements are on the way, but will they arrive in time? And even if they do, can they match the well-led, highly motivated enemy determined to destroy them in battle? But the Confederation commander holds a wild card, an elite force armed only with what they carry on their backs and in their heads: a small detachment of Marines who lightly go where others fear to tread, the Fourth Force Recon Company. For anyone else this mission would be suicide, but for these Marines, it’s just another day in the maelstrom.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345509536

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Starfist: Force Recon: Recoil by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

Swift, silent, and deadly–they strike where no one else dares. Fear is the fastest-growing crop on Haulover, a newly colonized planet where someone–or something–is destroying isolated farmhouses. The unseen enemy strikes without warning, then disappears, leaving no stone standing, no trace of families or farm animals. When the Confederation receives a desperate plea for help, it’s time to send in the Marines. Impossible missions are a matter of course for Fourth Force Recon’s second platoon squads, and the situation at Haulover–with no witnesses and few clues–is no exception. But this assignment turns out to be even tougher and bloodier than usual because the devastation is a ploy–to lure the nine Marines into a trap, and to force them to bust the Confederation’s terrible secret wide open. And as for the Skinks lying in ambush on Haulover, they have no idea what trouble is . . . until they go up against a few good Marines.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345460608

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Recoil by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

With an unseen enemy destroying isolated farmsteads on the newly colonized planet of Haulover, the Confederation sends in members of the Fourth Force Recon to investigate, but the nine Marines on the team soon discover that the devastation is merely a ploy to lure them into a trap. Original.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345484536

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Starfist: Force Recon: Backshot by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

An exciting new special-ops adventure from the battle-tested vets who created the popular Starfist series Jorge Lavager, charismatic leader of the mysterious Union of Margelan, ferociously guards an agricultural research facility on the planet Atlas. What that facility conceals will prove whether Lavager is an idealist seeking to unify Atlas under a banner of freedom and prosperity—or a tyrant aiming to control all of Human Space. The Marines of Fourth Force Recon’s second platoon are dispatched to Atlas to uncover the truth. They will have to sneak past state-of-the-art surveillance equipment barring unlawful entry to the planet and land in a desolate area miles from their target. And if they discover lethal new weapons instead of legitimate research, the thirty-six Marines are to seize the compound—guarded by merciless, armed-to-the-teeth soldiers—and destroy it. But what the recon team finds on Atlas sets off a chain of events that will force some hard decisions on the Marines . . . and end in a deadly surprise.

Author : David Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:503532951

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Starfist by David Sherman Pdf

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345436467

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Starfist: School of Fire by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

Combat, betrayal, and murder at the edge of human space . . . Deployed to assist the oligarchs of Wanderjahr in putting down a rebellion that threatens the planet's political and economic stability, the Marines must fight two wars at the same time . . . one against the resourceful, well-led guerrillas and another with the entrenched police bureaucracy. But who is the real enemy and who can be trusted? On Wanderjahr, nothing is as it seems—not even the animal life—and everyone has his own agenda. Inexorably, the Marines of the 34th FIST are drawn deeper and deeper into the politics of a world where murder, terror, and betrayal are the accepted methods of government . . . and everyone is ripe for an old-fashioned butt-kickin'.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345460585

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Backshot by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

The Marines of Fourth Force Recon's second platoon are sent to the planet Atlas to investigate Jore Lavager, the charismatic leader of the enigmatic Union of Margelan, and the potentially dangerous secrets he may be hiding, secrets that could change forever the balance of power in human space. Original.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Amnesiacs
ISBN : 0345460006

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Lazarus Rising by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

The popular Starfist series, featuring Marines in the far future, makes its hardcover debut with this story of a war against aliens on the planet Kingdom.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345501004

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Starfist: Wings of Hell by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

Planet Haulover has been invaded by Skinks. Until now, the aliens' existence has been hushed up. But Force Recon's shocking report leaves the Confederation no choice but to mount a military campaign against these alien predators bent on human destruction. Meanwhile, back home, the Confederation's president is being denounced as a warmonger out to exterminate “harmless” aliens. If she loses the upcoming elections, the Confederation will have a lot more Skinks to worry about than the ones on Haulover. Newly promoted Lieutenant Charlie Bass and his third platoon have more pressing concerns, such as staying alive. But what would be a suicide mission for most—whether it's raiding a hidden Skinks base or destroying the enemy's most lethal weapons during a desperate firefight—is just another job for the Thirty-fourth FIST.

Author : David Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:531475734

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Pointblank by David Sherman Pdf

Author : Peter Watts
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440423591

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Crysis by Peter Watts Pdf

MANHATTAN IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. THEY’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE. Welcome to the Big Apple, son. Welcome to the city that never sleeps: invaded by monstrous fusions of meat and machinery, defended by a private army that makes Blackwater look like the Red Cross, ravaged by a disfiguring plague that gifts its victims with religious rapture while it eats them alive. You’ve been thrown into this meat grinder without warning, without preparation, without a clue. Your whole squad was mowed down the moment they stepped onto the battlefield. And the chorus of voices whispering in your head keeps saying that all of this is on you: that you and you alone might be able to turn the whole thing around if you only knew what the hell was going on. You’d like to help. Really you would. But it’s not just the aliens that are gunning for you. Your own kind hunts you as a traitor, and your job might be a bit easier if you didn’t have the sneaking suspicion they could be right. . . .

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345425263

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Starfist: Steel Gauntlet by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

It’s the 25th century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men . . . “Marines ain't supposed to sit. We're supposed to kill.” After the resource-rich planet Diamunde is seized by the armed forces of industrialist Marston St. Cyr, the Confederation Marines face their most desperate battles yet against the mechanized forces of the bloody usurper. Promised a walkover by military planners, instead the Marines must run a gauntlet of steel, with weaponry three hundred years out of date. For the Confederation's invasion army to seize the planet, the Marine FISTs first have to secure a planethead against St. Cyr's much larger forces which are equipped with superior weapons. Together with their outgunned comrades, the Marines of 34th FIST must do the impossible—or die . . .

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345460554

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Starfist: Flashfire by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

Packed with hard-core action written by battle-savvy combat veterans, the explosive Starfist series has become hugely popular across America. Now the saga of the courageous Marines continues in Flashfire, as the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) ventures to the edge of Human Space to fight a number of enemies . . . some on their own side. Tensions erupt between the Confederation and several frontier worlds when civilians are shot dead at an army base on the planet Ravenette. Enraged, the Ravenette government and nine neighboring planets form a coalition, and their first act of secession is to overrun Ravenette’s Confederation garrison. With the armed forces of ten worlds seizing the brutal upper hand, the embattled troops need help—now—and they need it bad. Enter the Marines of the 34th FIST. As the nearest ready-to-deploy unit, the team is sent to Ravenette with orders to hold the line until reinforcements arrive. The upcoming operation promises to be no picnic, for while sophisticates may ridicule the backward ways of the uncouth frontier folk, no one scoffs at their fighting ability. Charlie Bass doesn’t mince words for his men in Company L’s third platoon. Two army divisions—perhaps thirty thousand soldiers—are being overwhelmed, and somebody expects a thousand Marines to save the day. As pompous Confederation generals wreak even more havoc than the enemy, there are those who call the mission suicide . . . but not the Marines. Of course it sounds hopeless, but for Marines like Charlie Bass and the rest of the 34th FIST, accomplishing the impossible comes with the territory.

Author : David Sherman,Dan Cragg
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345443717

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Starfist: Kingdom's Swords by David Sherman,Dan Cragg Pdf

The Marines were told it was a simple peasant rebellion–but the mission proved to be far deadlier. . . . Gunny Charlie Bass isn’t the only Marine mystified by the order sending the entire 34th to put down a few seditious serfs on planet Kingdom. Rumors swirl of a deadly alien invasion. But few believe that such sentient beings exist. Except Gunny Bass and the Marines of the 3rd platoon, who once fought enemy aliens called Skinks–fierce, fanatical fighters with hideous weapons who attack for no other reason but to kill. Then, while slogging through Kingdom’s fetid swamps, the Marines are attacked by awesome unseen weapons that could destroy half a platoon with one shot. Clearly they are facing no normal enemy. And if their adversaries are Skinks, one FIST isn’t enough. Third platoon’s orders are to penetrate deeper into the bloody jungle hell–and find out what happens when a few good men bite the bullet. . . .