title: Hangfire (Starfist, Book 6)
author:  David Sherman 
description: "CAUTION! Any book written by Dan Cragg and David Sherman is bound to be addictive, and this is the first in what promises to be a great adventure series. First to Fight is rousing, rugged, and just plain fun. The authors have a deep firsthand knowledge of warfare, an enthralling vision of the future, and the skill of veteran writers. Fans of military fiction, science fiction, and suspense will all get their money's worth, and the novel is so well done it will appeal to general readers as well. It's fast, realistic, moral, and a general hoot. First to Fight is also vivid, convincing--and hard to put down. Sherman and Cragg are a great team! I can't wait for the next one!"<br />--RALPH PETERS<br /> New York Times bestselling author of<br /> Red Army
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  The Fire and the Fury
  
  Anita Mills
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Diversion Books
  
  A Division of Diversion Publishing Corp.
  
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  Copyright © 1991 by Anita Mills
  
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
  thereof in any form whatsoever.
  
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  [info@diversionbooks.com](http://info@diversionbooks.com).
  
  First Diversion Books edition May 2013.
  
  ISBN: 9781626810365
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Hilary, who has great patience
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  Dunashie, Scotland:  
  September 28, 1127
  
  The night was starless, the moon hazy behind a ceiling of clouds on this, the
  eve of Michaelmas. The column of mounted soldiers, their oddly assorted arms
  and mail bearing testimony to their mercenary service on both sides of the
  border, followed their youthful leader northward across the Cheviot Hills.
  Behind them, the iron-sheathed wooden wheels of 