David Sherman & Starfist

I have recently completed Starfist Force Recon: Recoil by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. The best aspect of the Starfist novels that I enjoy is the relaxing read they are. Some novels require you to plod through technical descriptions that can last for pages and breaks up the story flow. This is not so with David and Dan’s works. They take the time to discuss the TO&E of the regiment but are not long winded enough about it.

I believe that part of what makes these novels an easy read is the amount of action they contain. Generally, every other chapter is very active and the in between chapters don’t slog along even if they are at a bit slower pace. I am very impressed that after 17 novels of the series, the pace is still the same as the first few.  The last Starfist novel was getting a bit long in tooth but not as bad as some other author’s series. David and Dan had taken a break to develop the Force Recon franchise. This has help the main Starfist franchise by allowing the readers to see another aspect of the Starfist Universe.

I enjoyed Recoil so much, I had to partake in a bit of fandom and tell David how nice his novels were to read and how I appreciated his craft of writing. I was graced with a very nice reply to my e-mail and was quite happy to have himm take the time to wirte back to me. I can just imagine the volume of e-mails that he gets, so I felt a bit special getting the reply.

I would recommend this book and the whole series. The Starfist series is 14 books presently. Force Recon is at 3. They both can be read separately. If you are a bit particular about reading series, I would recommend starting at the Starfist: First to Fight.

Thanks David for your reply!