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must run a gauntlet of steel, with weaponry three hundred years out of
date.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 . . .