David Sherman Books in Order

Marine platoon Tango Niner conducts night patrols against a violent local Viet Cong commander. The assignment places a small unit in direct opposition to an enemy whose presence makes darkness and control of the surrounding territory central to their mission.

The unconventional Marines of Combined Action Platoon Tango Niner prepare an ambush against Viet Cong forces and corrupt South Vietnamese opponents. Their mix of strong personalities and military experience must become an effective response to enemies operating around them.

Tango Niner’s Marines set themselves against a corrupt South Vietnamese officer. Their determination to stop him places a small Combined Action Platoon in conflict with an abuse of authority, complicating the unit’s work within the war it is already fighting.

Major Nghu returns with more troops and new tactics aimed at destroying Tango Niner. Attacks that violate a holiday truce grow into a campaign against local civilians, forcing Marines and Vietnamese defenders into a struggle for control of the valley.

After offending senior officers, Tango Niner loses its South Vietnamese volunteers and becomes dangerously short of manpower. The Marines confront the consequences of that reassignment, finding that following every rule may leave them unable to carry out their work.

The Viet Cong hold a South Vietnamese commander’s young son in the A Shau Valley. Tango Niner receives the task of bringing him back, taking the Marine unit into enemy-held territory on a mission whose objective is the rescue of a child.

Twenty years after Vietnam, Marine veteran Henry J. Morris tells his son about the war, expecting him to follow into military service. His accounts alternate with the events themselves, exposing the omissions and distortions within remembered combat.

A Marine squad on overnight ambush duty loses contact with its base during the Tet offensive. Presumed dead and left behind enemy lines with minimal supplies, Sergeant Bingham and his men must evade superior forces and find their way back.

Stranded on an alien planet with failing support and almost no water, Sergeant Charlie Bass and his Marines face a deadly march to safety. An overwhelming enemy stands between the small patrol and the help it needs.

Sent to suppress a rebellion on Wanderjahr, the Marines of the 34th FIST face guerrilla fighters and an obstructive police bureaucracy. Conflicting agendas and political violence make it increasingly difficult to determine who can be trusted.

The Marines invade resource-rich Diamunde after an industrialist seizes control of the planet. Expecting an easy campaign, they encounter superior enemy weapons and must secure a foothold while badly outnumbered and equipped with outdated arms.

A missing scientific expedition sends Sergeant Bass and his Marines to an isolated planet. What appears to be a routine rescue reveals horrifying destruction, unexplained survivors and a threat with implications far beyond the lost research team.

Gunnery Sergeant Bass and his platoon investigate powerful figures plotting to seize an alien world’s riches. Facing private armies and advanced weapons, the Marines must expose a conspiracy that reaches into the highest ranks of the Confederation.

Three Marines go undercover on an exclusive resort planet controlled by criminal families. After six agents die trying to infiltrate it, they must survive brutal entertainments and hidden dangers while finding a way to break the bosses’ power.

Sent to suppress an apparent peasant uprising, the Marines of 34th FIST encounter weapons suggesting a far deadlier enemy. Charlie Bass and his platoon push deeper into Kingdom’s swamps to discover whether an alien invasion is underway.

When demon-supported invaders seize New Bally, Marines Haft and Spinner escape capture but remain trapped inside hostile territory. Recovering their weapons and reaching safety become the first steps toward resisting a conqueror whose military ambitions are backed by dark magic.

Haft and Spinner lead refugees and soldiers toward the sea while the Dark Prince’s armies pursue them. Bandits, desert hazards and magically enhanced enemy weapons threaten the exhausted group, forcing the Marines to find advantages against an opponent with overwhelming numbers.

Alien invaders devastate the planet Kingdom, overwhelming its divided population and the Marines sent to help. Ordered to train civilians for battle, Charlie Bass and his platoon must turn frightened refugees into fighters before their defenses collapse.

After an alien invasion, Kingdom falls under a ruthless new government. Elsewhere, survivors awaken without their memories and struggle to find civilization, while one man’s search for his identity leads him into danger with consequences for those who knew him.

Haft and Spinner gather soldiers and refugees into resistance against the Dark Prince’s conquering army. Trained through knowledge brought from another world, the Marines must turn unconventional skills and limited resources into a force capable of surviving superior enemy power.

Unexplained deaths at a remote frontier outpost bring 34th FIST to a largely unexplored colony. With little intelligence to guide them, the Marines encounter unfamiliar threats and become entangled in a war where they themselves are targets.

Marine reconnaissance specialists infiltrate Atlas to learn whether a heavily guarded research facility hides illegal weapons. Their orders call for destroying the site if necessary, but the truth they uncover forces difficult decisions and a dangerous confrontation.

A deadly shooting triggers rebellion on Ravenette and nine neighbouring worlds, leaving Confederation troops overwhelmed. The Marines of 34th FIST arrive to hold the line, facing determined enemies and senior officers whose decisions may make survival even harder.

A Confederation army trapped on Ravenette faces destruction by a determined secessionist coalition. While reinforcements race toward the planet, a small Force Recon detachment must use its skills to change the odds against an outnumbered, outgunned force.

The Marines fight a planetary rebellion born partly from secrecy about an alien threat. Sent into battle under a fanatical commander, Charlie Bass and his men face a dangerous landing against forces with superior numbers and equipment.

Farmhouses and families vanish without trace on the newly colonized planet Haulover. Sent to investigate, nine reconnaissance Marines discover that the devastation is bait for a trap tied to a secret their own Confederation has kept.

Vampire hunter Rocks pursues five people accidentally transformed into vampires and now rampaging across the country. Being a vampire himself gives him an unusual perspective on the assignment, but he must still decide whether his targets can be captured or must die.

Three Marines assigned to secret assassination missions begin questioning the operation’s origins. Discovering plans for a major attack on their own village shifts the danger home, leaving their Combined Action Platoon and local allies little time to prepare.

An alien invasion of Haulover forces the Confederation to confront a threat it has concealed. While political opposition challenges the president at home, Charlie Bass and his Marines undertake dangerous raids against the Skinks’ bases and weapons.

With the alien threat finally public, the Marines learn they cannot transfer out of their experienced unit. A report of Skinks on an uncolonized world sends Charlie Bass and his platoon back into combat before they can recover.

Freelance writer Ham Eliot supplements his income by finding missing objects. A woman’s request to recover a purported pirate treasure map draws him into conflict with a ruined businessman and drug trafficker whose hired muscle is willing to kill for it.

After a spacefaring species destroys a human colony and nearly wipes out its investigators, a massive relief force heads toward Troy. The landing initially appears unopposed, but a devastating attack reveals how little humanity understands the enemy it has chosen to fight.

Early experiments, stories, novelettes and poems trace David Sherman’s development as a writer after military service. A university paper joins work from the beginning of his serious writing career, revealing the range of forms he tried before and alongside publication.

Human Marines on Troy struggle against repeated attacks by the birdlike Dusters while damaged ships send scattered reinforcements below. Plans for relief from Earth may come too late as a fresh alien fleet threatens both the defenders and their remaining naval support.

Human forces on Troy face renewed alien assaults in orbit and on the ground. A devastating armored weapon forces engineers to search for a weakness or a way to use it, while Earth’s leaders struggle to determine humanity’s next response.

Three DemonTech tales follow resistance to the Dark Prince’s armies: a threatened port awaits relief, Marines try to delay an advancing enemy, and a runaway woman’s search demands a rescue. Haft and Spinner face problems requiring strategy as well as force.