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Starfist: Force Recon #2
Pointblank
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. "From the Paperback edition."
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. "From the Paperback edition."
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David Sherman
67 books98 followersDavid Sherman was the author or co-author of some three dozen books, most of which are about Marines in combat.
He wrote about US Marines in Vietnam (the Night Fighters series and three other novels), and the DemonTech series about Marines in a fantasy world. The 18th Race trilogy is military science fiction.
Other than military, he wrote a non-conventional vampire novel, The Hunt, and a mystery, Dead Man's Chest. He also released a collection of short fiction and non-fiction from early in his writing career, Sherman's Shorts; the Beginnings.
With Dan Cragg he wrote the popular Starfist series and its spin off series, Starfist: Force Recon—all about Marines in the Twenty-fifth Century.; and a Star Wars novel, Jedi Trial.
His books have been translated into Czech, Polish, German, and Japanese.
David passed away in November 2022.
He wrote about US Marines in Vietnam (the Night Fighters series and three other novels), and the DemonTech series about Marines in a fantasy world. The 18th Race trilogy is military science fiction.
Other than military, he wrote a non-conventional vampire novel, The Hunt, and a mystery, Dead Man's Chest. He also released a collection of short fiction and non-fiction from early in his writing career, Sherman's Shorts; the Beginnings.
With Dan Cragg he wrote the popular Starfist series and its spin off series, Starfist: Force Recon—all about Marines in the Twenty-fifth Century.; and a Star Wars novel, Jedi Trial.
His books have been translated into Czech, Polish, German, and Japanese.
David passed away in November 2022.
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July 24, 2012
Point Blank is the second installment in the Starfirst:Force Recon series by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. Like its predecessor, it follows the intelligence gathering and commando strike mission of the Marine Recon unit of the elite 34th FIST (Fleet Initial Strike Team).
This book definately falls into the 'does what it says on the tin' category: it's an action combat mil-fic book that will appeal to fans of the genre (like me) but not to others.
While I enjoyed this book, it was more of a standard Special Ops adventure than the first book in the series (Backshot - Starfist: Force Recon Book 1 add link: http://wp.me/pWa2h-7f). To that end, while it was a fun read, it lacked some of the luster and social commentary that marked the initial salvo in this spin-off series.
For indepth review go to: http://wp.me/pWa2h-n7
This book definately falls into the 'does what it says on the tin' category: it's an action combat mil-fic book that will appeal to fans of the genre (like me) but not to others.
While I enjoyed this book, it was more of a standard Special Ops adventure than the first book in the series (Backshot - Starfist: Force Recon Book 1 add link: http://wp.me/pWa2h-7f). To that end, while it was a fun read, it lacked some of the luster and social commentary that marked the initial salvo in this spin-off series.
For indepth review go to: http://wp.me/pWa2h-n7
April 7, 2011
ini adlah kisah pointblnk yang menghancurkan para teroris
demi keselamtan dunia
tetapi mereka di tugaskan berbeda tidak sama dengan yg lainya
ada yang mengfusebom
dan ada juga yg dathmatch
demi keselamtan dunia
tetapi mereka di tugaskan berbeda tidak sama dengan yg lainya
ada yang mengfusebom
dan ada juga yg dathmatch
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