Rally Point

Demontech #2

by David Sherman

Ruthless and seemingly indestructible, the dark army didn’t count on the few, the proud, the Marines.

The Dark Prince’s vast armies have destroyed nation after nation with the aid of powerful demon magic. Their total victory would be swift and certain except for two Haft and Spinner, a pair of soldiers trained in the art of warfare through the teachings of a magically transported Marine Gunnery Sergeant.

The Dark Prince’s orders are swift and find them. Haft and Spinner, along with scores of soldiers and refugees, are determined to form an army and defeat the invaders. Outnumbered and outgunned, they must uncover and kill the enemy before the enemy kills them. Haft and Spinner have already accomplished great feats. But to achieve the impossible will require a few strokes of genius and a few good men. Fortunately, these Marines have both. . . .

Genres: Fantasy, Military Fiction, Science Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

David Sherman was the author or co-author of some three dozen books, most of which are about Marines in combat.
He wrote about US Marines in Vietnam (the Night Fighters series and three other novels), and the DemonTech series about Marines in a fantasy world. The 18th Race trilogy is military science fiction.
Other than military, he wrote a non-conventional vampire novel, The Hunt, and a mystery, Dead Man's Chest. He also released a collection of short fiction and non-fiction from early in his writing career, Sherman's Shorts; the Beginnings.
With Dan Cragg he wrote the popular Starfist series and its spin off series, Starfist: Force Recon—all about Marines in the Twenty-fifth Century.; and a Star Wars novel, Jedi Trial.
His books have been translated into Czech, Polish, German, and Japanese.
David passed away in November 2022.


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Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haft and Spinner are my two most favorite fictional Marines. As someone with military experience I really enjoyed this series and was sad it was never finished.
Having a Marine take over through sheer intimidation and train a new Marine army was beautiful. The idea of calling the modern equipment they wield Demontech was very well done and it took me a while to puzzle out some of the gear.
I highly recommend this series to any sci-fi or military genre lover.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as exciting or action packed as the first book, but still a good read. The heroes are likable, but there is very little detail on the bad guys. A little too much time spent on detailed traveling in the first half of the book for my taste, but quite a bit of action in the second half.

[Halleck · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining, I enjoyed it a lot when I was younger. Adventurous but that's about it, I think the writing is a bit shallow. Similar to my review of the previous book.