Blood Contact (Starfist, Book 4)
by David Sherman, Dan Cragg
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Author: Dan Cragg, David ShermanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-12-07
ISBN: 0345425278
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: They just don't write them any better than this!
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say? These guys have been there, done that, wore out the T shirt long time ago...it shows in their writing. My pet peeve with Mil-SF, or anything in military fiction, is characters that just don't make sense. That isn't a problem here - The characters in this book - well, if anybody thinks Dr Lydia Bynum is a *completely* fictional character, well, I know a real-life counterpart - "Dragon Lady" - who made O-6 on the last promotion list. Her ethnic mix isn't Greek-Liberian, but otherwise, her physical description and mannerisms are very similar...right down to the fact that she's as good with a 9mm as Dr Bynum is with a blaster. Bottom Line - There are no "Buck Rogers" heros in this story - that's why I like it. No unbelievable handsome or beautiful people that make great decisions and get all the lucky breaks. If that's what you like, go somewhere else. Change the technology gimmicks, make the aliens human, and this story could be a US or Royal Marine landing party going ashore to rescue scientists trapped in some Third World hotspot...My guess is, there's no legal reprecussions if you set the story centuries in the future, on some other planet, with aliens standing in for some economically disadvantaged ethnic group. This is no bright and shining future vision - think of the difference between, say the "STAR TREK"(tm) universe and the future presented in, say, the "Aliens" universe, "Babylon 5" or "Enemy Mine". I've got 24 years in the military, and my experience ranges from wading the surf in a Marine Rifle platoon, to being a "staff puke" on several expeditionary operations. This stuff rings true...and if you do have some familiarity with recent US operations, the "in-jokes" in this book are hilarious! If you need to unwind from the Holiday and end-of year rush, settle back with this book, light up a "Clinton", pop open a "Reindeer" Ale and enjoy.
Summary of Blood Contact (Starfist, Book 4)
Through three centuries of interstellar travel, intelligent alien life- forms had never been encountered . . . until now.When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular communications check, the Marines of 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 third platoon are about to find out,
and the answer carries a terrifying implication for the Marines--and the entire human race.
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