- Fiction, Marines, Life on other planets, Science Fiction
No one captures the action and sacrifice of war better than real combat vets David Sherman and Dan Cragg. Now their blazing space epic Starfist continues as Marines of the Confederation's Thirty-fourth Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) go head-to-head against the deadly Skinks.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- David Sherman
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Del Rey/Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345500991
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David Sherman (1958 - November 16, 2022) was an American novelist who dealt overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level. His experiences as a United States Marine informed his writings.
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