Starfist: Firestorm - David Sherman

Combat vets David Sherman and Dan Cragg know firsthand the courage, sacrifice, and
hell of war-and their experiences have made the popular Starfist novels thrill rides
of the highest order. Now the explosive action continues on the remote planet Ravenette,
where the Marines of the Confederation's 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) find
themselves up against a full-fledged rebellion-and a lethally loose cannon of a commanding
officer.

Desperate to thwart unrelenting aliens and their quest to obliterate humankind,
The Confederation has beefed up its defenses. But to the citizens on the outer edges
of Human Space around Ravenette-unaware that a deadly enemy even exists-the government's move seems oppressive, and ten planets have responded with a war of secession.

In touch-and-go battles with the seceding planets, the 34th FIST has emerged battered
but unbowed, refusing to give up . . . even while under the command of a fanatical
general. The enemy determined to strike, a new mission must be carried out, though
the troops will likely return in body bags.

Should Ensign Charlie Bass and his Marines
somehow survive the nightmarishly difficult amphibious landing, they can expect to
be outmanned, outgunned, and out-armored in a fierce duel against fresh soldiers.
But like any Marine worth his salt, Bass knows there's only one way to go when facing
impossible odds: on the offense with all guns firing. There's no other choice-because
if life was easy, there'd be no need to send in the Marines.