Flashfire

#11 Starfist

David Sherman, Dan Cragg

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Del Rey
15 June 2007

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Military

Series: Starfist

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.

By: David Sherman, Dan Cragg
Imprint: Del Rey
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 11
Dimensions: Height: 173mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 215g
ISBN: 9780345460554
ISBN 10: 0345460553
Series: Starfist
Pages: 349
Publication Date: 15 June 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Reviews for Flashfire (#11 Starfist)

Praise for Starfist Caution! Any book written by Dan Cragg and David Sherman is bound to be addictive. . . . The authors have a deep firsthand knowledge of warfare, an enthralling vision of the future, and the skill of veteran writers. Fans of military fiction, science fiction, and suspense will all get their money's worth. . . . [These novels are] fast, realistic, moral . . . and hard to put down. Sherman and Cragg are a great team! -Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red Army A fast-paced tale of military heroics and personal courage. -Library Journal, on Starfist This is state-of-the-art military science fiction. -Publishers Weekly<i> </i>(starred review) <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>