First to Fight: Starfist, Book 1
Written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg
Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
3.5/5
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Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds.
But the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines' Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere--even to death. . .
David Sherman
About the Author David Sherman is a husband, IT guru, writer, and general geek-of-all-trades. While in college, he studied history and majored in Biblical languages. He later turned his love of languages to computers, and built his IT career first as a programmer-analyst and later a systems architect. He has traveled around the world as part of his career, working with people in a dozen different countries and cultures, and has thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. David loves science fiction and fantasy, and is just arrogant enough to think that he has some worthy stories of his own to contribute to the genres. He lives in Colorado, USA, with his wife and several furry critters. For more background on Balfrith and the world of Aerde, visit David’s blog at http://www.chroniclesofaerde.com/ David is also not afraid to ask for assistance! If you enjoyed this book, please consider writing a review on http://www.smashwords.com, your blog or social media, or any place that book-lovers gather to discuss their latest reads.
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Reviews for First to Fight
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent military science fiction following Marines dealing with deadly, well-defined warriors on a desert planet. Entertaining story with twists, heavy combat, and some good writing and plotting. First of a promising series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is the first in a long series of military sci-fi adventures told by David Sherman in a far future universe. This one started out really slowly as the author spends more than half the book on back story and preparation of the action scenes to come. It did have a rousing finish and I am glad I stuck it out. I will also probably read on in this series as well.
3.5 Stars for a good action finish. This one could have been better if the action stretched over the whole book. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent military science fiction, where we start where a series like this should, with some of the young characters electing to enlist. They pick the Confederate Marines, which is the main expeditionary ground force of the Confederation of Worlds. You see them go through Basic Training and then get assigned to their first duty assignment as part of the 34th FIST, a spacegoing version of the modern Marine Expeditionary Unit, a self contained ground unit containing all it needs for a small, complete combined arms operation (infantry, armor, artillery, anti-aircraft artiller, air support, Naval support). You meet the NCO and officer leadership of the company the new Marines are assigned to and follow them in on their first mission, an operation that has them up against a poor world with some modern weapons, in a way that reminds me of Somalia, with just the risks and ambiguity that mission offered for US and UN forces. Yes, there is some shorthand, and it true that authors Sherman and Cragg were learning their craft still. But it is a darn good series and you see these characters grow and change through their personal experiences. Over time, you also get a feel for policy and politics in this setting, as well as the question...what about spacefaring ETs? But those are for another book.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This is not a SF book, just a military book and the action can happen in our times as well, no difference