Starfist Lazarus Rising, David Sherman
Starfist Lazarus Rising, David Sherman
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Starfist: Lazarus Rising

Author: David Sherman, Dan Cragg

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Abridged: 2 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/02/2003


Synopsis

It’s the 25th century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men. . . . 

In their fiercest combat yet, the hard-charging Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have finally won their battle against a fullscale alien invasion of planet Kingdom. But as citizens try to return to some semblance of normalcy, the old government is replaced by a ruthless new regime.

Meanwhile, in a cave in some forgotten Kingdom backwater, several humans slowly regain consciousness. Their minds have been probed repeatedly . . . by whom and for what reason they cannot say, for they’ve been stripped of all memories of themselves and their past lives. These half-dead outcasts begin a journey into the unknown— in search of civilization, in search of themselves. And one survivor’s journey will take him to places of overwhelming danger, where his identity will be revealed—to the shock of all.

“Non-stop action . . . This is state-of-the-art military SF.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About The Author

David Sherman is a former U.S. 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 also the author of a new military fantasy series, Demontech. 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.


Reviews

This book in the Starfist series is a bit different from the rest that I have read so far in that it does not really involve an official deployment of the 34th FIST. Not even a small detachment of marines. Instead it tells a story that plays out on the Kingdom planet after the aliens have been force......more

In my review for book 7 of this series, I mentioned that I'd had just about enough of the formula, and was ready for something different. Book 9 does not offer that, but it does break from the formula for a while and revisit some characters not seen for a while. Mind you, the villains are dumber than......more

Goodreads review by Jim

About half-way through the book and I can say this is the worst book of the 9 I've read so far. Spoiler Alert! If you haven't figured that Charlie Bass is still alive then you probably should stop reading the books. Yes, he's alive but the writing about what he's doing is just stupid! I really hope i......more

Goodreads review by I.F.

Meh. Nascent Space Nazi meets space marine. Hijinks ensue. Entertaining if forgettable.......more


Quotes

“CAUTION! Any book written by Dan Cragg and David Sherman is bound to be addictive. . . The authors have a deep firsthand knowledge of warfare, an enthralling vision of the future, and the skill of veteran writers. Fans of military fiction, science fiction, and suspense will all get their money’s worth. . . . [These novels are] fast, realistic, moral . . . and hard to put down. Sherman and Cragg are a great team!”—Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red Army