A bold new contingent--Force Recon--joins the explosive Starfist space
epic of marines at war.
A Confederation army is besieged on the planet Ravenette, cut off by and
facing destruction at the hands of a dozen Secessionist Coalition worlds
arrayed against it. The outnumbered and outgunned forces cling
precariously to their foothold, dubbed "Bataan" by the desperate men in
their fighting bunkers. Reinforcements are on the way, but will they
arrive in time? And even if they do, can they match the well-led, highly
motivated enemy determined to destroy them in battle?
But the Confederation commander holds a wild card, an elite force armed
only with what they carry on their backs and in their heads: a small
detachment of Marines who lightly go where others fear to tread, the
Fourth Force Recon Company. For anyone else this mission would be
suicide, but for these Marines, it's just another day in the maelstrom.