Starfist Blood Contact, David Sherman
Starfist Blood Contact, David Sherman
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Starfist: Blood Contact
Book IV

Author: David Sherman, Dan Cragg

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Abridged: 2 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2001

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular communications check, the Marines of the third platoon are sent to investigate. They prepare for a routine rescue operation, but what they find on Society 437 is a horror beyond description. Only a handful of ragtag pirates who were in the wrong place at the very worst time have survived, and there is little trace of the scientists.

What happened to the scientists? Why have the pirates been spared? Gunnery Sergeant Bass and the men of the third platoon are about to find out, and the answer carries a terrifying implication for the Marines-and the entire human race.

About The Author

David Sherman is a former United States Marine and the author of eight previously published novels about Marines in Vietnam, where he served as an infantryman and as a member of a Combined Action Platoon. He is an alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked as a sculptor for many years before turning to writing. Along the way he has held a variety of jobs, mostly supervisory and mangerial. Today he is a full-time writer. He lives in Philadelphia.Dan Cragg enlisted in the United States Army in 1958 and retired with the rank of sergeant major twenty-two years later. During his army service, Mr. Cragg served more than eleven years in overseas stations, five and a half of them in Vietnam. He is the author of Inside the VC and the NVA (with Michael Lee Lanning), Top Sergeant (with William G. Bainbridge), and a Vietnam War novel, The Soldier's Prize. In real life Mr. Cragg is an analyst for the Defense Department. He and his wife, Sunny, live in Virginia, where honest citizens are allowed to pack heat. Visitors after dark are strongly urged to call ahead.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Per Gunnar

This is another good book in the Starfist series but…I did not like this one as much as the other ones. It is a bit surprising since I generally like when they throw a few slimy never-before-seen aliens into the mix. Somehow this book never felt as fun to read or as engaging as the the other three on......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

Definite improvement. I am starting to enjoy these more and more.......more

Goodreads review by Red

I like the direction the series is going now. Interested in seeing how the rest of the series plays out with aliens now added to the mix.......more

Goodreads review by David

Books about MARINES in Space! meeting Banzai! yelling ALIEN Japanese soldiers are not exactly my usual cup of tea, but this remains a fun read. At its best, Starfist Blood Contact approaches the menace of the Alien franchise. At its worse, Blood Contact is about as exciting as old WWII B-movies wher......more

Quotes

"CAUTION! Any book written by Dan Cragg and David Sherman is bound to be addictive."
--RALPH PETERS
   New York Times bestselling author of
   Red Army

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