BLOODSTAR: AN EPIC ADVENTURE FROM THE MASTER OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION: Book 1 (Star Corpsman) - Softcover

Douglas, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007489021 ISBN 13: 9780007489022

Publisher: HarperVoyager, 2013

Synopsis

Big, bold military science fiction action from one of the genre’s biggest names.

In the 23rd Century, war is still hell...

Corpsman Eliot Carlyle joined the Navy to save lives and see the universe. Now, he and Bravo Company’s Black Wizards of the interstellar Fleet Marine Force are en route to Bloodworld – a hellish, volatile rock, colonized by the fanatical Salvationists who desired an inhospitable world where they could suffer for humanity’s sins. However, their penance could prove fatal – for the mysterious alien race known as the Qesh have just made violent, bloody first contact.

Suddenly, countless lives depend upon Bravo Company as the Marines prepare to confront a vast force of powerful, inscrutable enemies that unless stopped threaten the fate of homeworld Earth itself. And one dedicated medic, singled out by an extraordinary act of valour, will find himself with an astounding opportunity to alter the universe forever...

About this title

Review:

‘Douglas knows his SF’
Publishers Weekly

‘The action is full-blooded and almost non stop, yet the well-developed background is surprisingly rich and logical ... As immersive as it is impressive’
Kirkus (Starred Review)

From the Back Cover:

In the 23rd Century, war is still hell . . .

Navy Corpsman Elliot Carlyle joined up to save lives and see the universe. Now he and Bravo Company's Black Wizards of the interstellar Fleet Marine Force are en route to Bloodworld--a hellish, volatile rock colonized by the fanatical Salvationists who desired an inhospitable world where they could suffer for humanity's sins. Their penance could prove fatal--for the Qesh, a strange alien race detected but still mysterious for six decades, have made violent first contact.

Suddenly countless lives depend upon Bravo Company--perhaps even the fate of homeworld Earth itself--as the Marines prepare to confront a vast force of powerful, inscrutable enemies. And one dedicated medic, singled out by an extraordinary act of valor, will find himself with an astounding opportunity to alter the universe forever . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperVoyager
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007489021
• ISBN 13: 9780007489022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364