Hangfire (Starfist, Book 6)

by Dan Cragg and David Sherman

Book Overview

Six agents have died hideously trying to penetrate the crime families behind a vast empire of pleasure and debauchery-- Now it's up to the Marines to break the circle. Most people will visit Havanagas... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345435923
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Another great one!

This is one of my favorite series and I always eagerly await the next book. The authors do an excellent job of capturing the camraderie and esprit de corps that vets such as myself fondly remember. Additionally, the science of the series is logical and well thought out. The combat descriptions are intense and vivid. I also love the subtle humor: a 25th century religious leader named Bishop Ralphy Bruce Preachintent who wears a pompador wig and a sharkskin suit! If you are looking for a fun and intense book that makes you cheer for the good guys and rejoice when the bad guys get their just reward, this is it. Plus, you might gain an appreciation for those who choose to put on a military uniform. Keep 'em coming Messrs. Sherman & Cragg!

This series just gets better and better!

Wow! Most series frankly begin to play out after several books, but authors Cragg and Sherman seem to not only keep each other fresh, but to prod each other on to ever greater accomplishments. This novel can be read simply as an engaging, what-comes-next, wonderfully-thrilling sci-fi adventure--but it also offers a great deal of depth and demonstrates a wide range of knowledge about mankind's foibles and human possibilities. Likely, their status as military veterans has given Cragg and Sherman insights denied to those writers who never served, but, whatever the reason, I'm just knocked out by the freshness and quality of this novel--well into a series I hope will long endure. Great to see familiar characters continue to develop, and to meet new ones. Horrific, convincing fighting, with some timely moral warnings stirred in. And any book that manages to combine gladiatorial combat in the distance future and a mention of John Singleton Mosby, the "Gray Ghost" of the American Civil War can't help but intrigue. Not only worth reading, but worth keeping on the bookshelf to read again in the future!!!

Old soldiers don't die... they go on to write great Sci-fi

Hangfire is the 6th book in the StarFist series and I often wonder how I got here... as the Title of the series would not normally attract my attention.Once again the authors present the Marine Protaganists of the 34th FIST as believable military figures and keep our pulse pounding page after page...The science is believable and the military is as realistic as it can possibly be. This book,however stands out in the series as the precursor to something begger to come...I think we are on the threshold of what will carry this series for years... Galatic War.Kudos Gentlemen... I anxiously await book #7

Salivating with impatience for the next book...

Hangfire can be said to be the best in the series after Blood Contact, might even consider it to rank equal to it. Even though both Sherman and Cragg are still inconsistent with the platoon makeup, the plot and story still flows very well. I also like the lead-in, and preparation they have done on several chapters for the major intergalactic war that they had hinted at in Blood Contact. Fact is, I'm kind of upset that I have to wait that long for the the war that I hope will take more than one book to finish. Then again, if I have to wait too long between books, I might have to bite someone to calm myself... heheh 8) I will highly recommend anyone who even has the slightest interest in Sci-Fi Military books to read this excellent book, but who isn't a nitpicker with minor inconsistencies.