A World of Hurt

✍ Scribed by David Sherman

• Book ID: 100242597
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group;Random House Audio
• Year: 2009;℗2004
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 212 KB
• Edition: Abridged
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0307547485

✦ Synopsis

With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it's like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. Now, in the explosive new Starfist __ adventure, packed with fierce action and danger, Marines at war in future space find themselves pitted against a faceless, insatiable foe bent on destroying them. And that's just for starters.

How bad is the upcoming mission facing the battle-hardened Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST), the military's unofficial alien first-contact force? Bad enough to make the brass take the unprecedented step of issuing 34th FIST replacements for combat losses before the Marines even leave their home base.

In response to a series of unexplained deaths on a lonely outpost on the frontiers of human space, 34th FIST has been dispatched to investigate--and eradicate-- the problem. Beyond that, the information available to Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass and his men is...