Steel Gauntlet (Starfist, Book 3)
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ISBN: 034542526X / Publisher: Del Rey, December 1998
When the planet Diamunde and its valuable natural resources is seized by the mercenaries of industrialist Marston St. Cyr, the twenty-fifth century Marines of the Confederation must run a gauntlet of mechanized steel to liberate it
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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a walkover by military planners, instead the Marines must run a gauntlet of steel, with weaponry three hundred years out of date.For the Confederation's invasion army to seize the planet, the Marine FISTs first have to secure a planethead against St. Cyr's much larger forces which are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 . . .
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