Starfist: A World of Hurt
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345460537 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Not much new" according to Stewart Teaze - Aerospace Systems Engineer. A WORLD OF HURT (200Not much new Stewart Teaze - Aerospace Systems Engineer A WORLD OF HURT (2004) is the tenth book in the STARFIST series of Military SciFi stories, covering the exploits of a company of Space Marines, who are sent to various planets to put down local rebellions, alien invasions, etc.This book avoids a lot of the absurdities of the first books, but it . ) is the tenth book in the STARFIST series of Military SciFi stories, covering the exploits of a company of Space Marines, who are sent to various planets to put down local rebellions, alien invasions, etc.This book avoids a lot of the absurdities of the first books, but it . Great Series One of my favorite series, still hoping they come together for more!. And Now for Completely Different It seems like the skinks are back and the men of the 3And Now for Completely Different John A Lee III It seems like the skinks are back and the men of the 34th will have to face them again so they ship out ready to rock and roll. Things are not, however, as they seem. If I said any more, I'd be giving away vitals so I won't. There is, however, an additional enemy.We are introduced to Admiral of . th will have to face them again so they ship out ready to rock and roll. Things are not, however, as they seem. If I said any more, I'd be giving away vitals so I won't. There is, however, an additional enemy.We are introduced to Admiral of
That means 34th FIST can expect creatures they have never seen, or even heard of, much less trained for. With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it’s like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. No one knows what awaits them, for the newly colonized world remains largely unexplored. Beyond that, the information available to Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass and his men is meager even by Marine standards. And that’s just for starters.How bad is the upcoming mission facing the battle-hardened Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST), the military’s unofficial alien first-contact force? Bad enough to make the brass take the unprecedented step of issuing 34th FIST replacements for combat losses before the Marines even leave their home base.In response to a series of unexplained deaths on a lonely outpost on the frontiers of human space, 34th FIST has been dispatched to investigate–and eradicate– the problem. Whatever happens, they’ll deal with i
In contrast, the authors treat the stupidity of the book's comic-opera human antagonists with Swiftian invective. Unbeknownst to the FIST team, a local system government, whose military chief decides that it's immoral to have all these warships and never use them, decides to invade the planet at about the same time. The results are unexpected, to say the least. From Publishers Weekly In Sherman and Cragg's 10th superior military SF novel (after 2003's Starfist: Lazarus Rising), the long-suffering troops of the 24th Marine Fleet Initial Strike Team (aka FIST) take on their alien nemesis, the malignant, acid-spewing Skinks, on a planet whose colonists have left most of it unexplored. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . There are basically two types of military SF: