Starfist Steel Gauntlet, David Sherman
Starfist Steel Gauntlet, David Sherman
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Starfist: Steel Gauntlet

Author: David Sherman, Dan Cragg

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Abridged: 2 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2001

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

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

“Marines ain't supposed to sit. We're supposed to kill.”

After the resource-rich planet Diamunde is seized by the armed forces of industrialist Marston St. Cyr, the Confederation Marines face their most desperate battles yet against the mechanized forces of the bloody usurper. Promised a walkover by military planners, instead the Marines must run a gauntlet of steel, with weaponry three hundred years out of date.

For the Confederation's invasion army to seize the planet, the Marine FISTs first have to secure a planethead against St. Cyr's much larger forces which are equipped with superior weapons. Together with their outgunned comrades, the Marines of 34th FIST must do the impossible—or die . . .

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 on October 01, 2012

This is another good book in the Starfist series. It continues to follow the men in the 34th FIST marine unit and, as before, does a wonderful job of doing so. The characters are interesting and the battles are well written. The book blurb is a wee bit misleading though in stating that the marines mu......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 02, 2018

Well, I have extremely mixed opinions of this book. On one hand, the story and character developments are improving. Pacing is still an issue but overall not bad. My major issue is the authors' complete lack of knowledge of armour. Their understanding of armoured warfare is non-existent and their un......more

Goodreads review by Brian on May 07, 2019

A diamond mining planet, run by a cartel of groups finds itself the victim of a hostile takeover by a self-styled Guderian/Napoleon from one of the other groups. In a combined Marines/Army/Navy task force, the 34th FIST (Fleet Initial Strike Team) find themselves leading the charge. When the action ge......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on October 13, 2018

Steel of Gauntlet is more of the same as the first couple of Starfist books, except with a slightly different setting and a moderately varied cast of characters - both dopey and capable. While the attention to detail is all right and the storytelling generally adequate for an action novel, the third......more

Goodreads review by T.L. on January 02, 2013

Steel Gauntlet: StarFist Book III, is Sherman and Cragg‘s third Military Science fiction outing into the StarFist Universe, and this time the focus is on the relative merits of infantry versus armored warfare. It is a fun read for MilFic fans, with a particular appeal for tech heads and a strong con......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