StarFist series

StarFist is a series of military science-fiction novels set in the 25th century and written from the viewpoint of the men of the Confederation Marine Corps 34th FIST (Fleet Initial Strike Team) and later in the spin-off series Starfist: Force Recon.

As of January 2007, the StarFist series comprises 12 novels written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg, with the recent addition of the novel, Firestorm. An additional spinoff series by the same authors, entitled , was started in 2005 with the publication of Backshot.

Authors

The authors of StarFist and StarFist: Force Recon are David Sherman and Dan Cragg.

Sherman was born in Niles, Ohio. Sherman grew up in Kansas, Texas, New Jersey and Omaha, Nebraska, from where he joined the United States Marine Corps soon after turning 18. While a Marine he served in the peace time infantry, a tour as a military policeman, and fought in Vietnam. After his departure from the U. S. Marine Corps he moved to Philadelphia where he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He had a brief stint as a sculptor, winning awards for his work. He began writing in 1983, and his first book, Knives in the Night, was published in 1987. Altogether, as of June 2007, Sherman has published 26 novels, including 15 with his co-author, Dan Cragg. After a long residence in Philadelphia, in 2004 he moved to southern Florida.

Dan Cragg was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, serving for twenty-two years with eleven years in overseas stations, with five and half of them in Vietnam; at retirement Cragg was a Sergeant Major. He is also a writer of military non-fiction, including "Inside the VC and NVA"' and many others based around the Vietnam conflict. He and his wife live in Virginia.

tarfist: Force Recon Series

While the Starfist original series deals primarily with a particular Confederation Marine brigade, the 34th FIST (Fleet Initial Strike Team), Starfist: Force Recon describes the experiences of the men and women who carry out intelligence-gathering and small-unit raids behind enemy lines. The Confederation Marine Force Recon mission is very similar to that of United States Marine Force Recon, with which co-author Sherman, a former US Marine, is familiar.

As of January 2007, the Starfist: Force Recon series comprises two novels written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. An additional novel has been contracted (making it a trilogy), its release date is November 2008.

The Novels in the StarFist Series

#"First to Fight", (1997)
#"School of Fire", (1998)
#"Steel Gauntlet", (1999)
#"Blood Contact", (1999)
#"TechnoKill", (2000)
#"Hangfire", (2000)
#"Kingdom's Swords", (2002)
#"Kingdom's Fury", (2003)
#"Lazarus Rising", (2003)
#"A World of Hurt", (2004)
#"Flashfire", (2006)
#"Firestorm", (June 2007)
#"Wings of Hell", (2008)

The Novels in the Starfist: Force Recon Series

* "Backshot", (2005)
* "PointBlank", (2006)
* "Recoil", "(2008)"

External links

* [http://starfisthq.org Starfist Headquarters] , a fan site devoted to the series.