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David Gunn (author)
David Gunn is the author of the military science fiction Death's Head series. His debut book, ''Death's Head'', was published in 2007, followed by '' Death's Head: Maximum Offense'' in 2008, and '' Death's Head: Day of the Damned'' in 2009. In October 2009, Gunn estimated that six more books would be needed to complete the story he has in mind. The Death's Head novels are narrated in the first person by Sven Tveskoeg (see Svend Tveskæg for his namesake), a violent legionnaire who becomes a member of the Death's Head regiment. Sven collects a symbiont and an intelligent gun in the course of his adventures, as well as a group of other soldiers known as "The Aux" (for auxiliaries.) Sven is 98.2% human and 1.8% "something else" and is able to tolerate, and quickly recover from, major physical stress and damage. The galaxy is dominated by three political groupings: By far the largest and by far the most technologically advanced is the United Free; the other two are the Uplifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death's Head (series)
Death's Head is a noir military science fiction series written by David Gunn. The series follows the antihero An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero or two words anti hero) or anti-heroine is a character in a narrative (in literature, film, TV, etc.) who may lack some conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism and morality. Al ... Sven Tveskoeg, an ex-sergeant of The Legion, in service to the Octovian Empire. The series is narrated in the first-person from Sven's point of view, giving the reader a limited scope on the situations that surround Sven, but as the series progresses, Sven gets more and more entwined into the galactic politics surrounding him. Synopsis The Series starts out with Sven trapped in a cage in a remote fort in the middle of nowhere waiting to be lashed to death as punishment for assaulting an officer. After miraculously surviving the punishment, the fort is attacked by an indigenous alien race called the Ferox. Everyone in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death's Head (book)
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