Surface Combat SF Works
Explore the best surface combat science fiction books, featuring military tactics, ground warfare, and epic battles from *The Fall of Reach*, David Drake, and more.
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First to Fight
by David Sherman
A group of marines from the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team get stranded on a desert planet without any advanced weaponry and must fight their way through two thousand savage killers to safety.
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The Tank Lords
by David Drake
Facing destruction, a planetary government hires Hammer's Slammers, the ruthless men of Colonel Hammer's indomitable armored brigade known for their routine acceptance of impossible missions.
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The Fall of Reach
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Before the Human-Covenant War engulfed Halo, the planet-colony Reach came under attack by the Covenant, and Earth's specially trained and augmented warriors, code-named SPARTANs, stood alone to fight for humanity's survival.