The Buchanan Campaign — Rick Shelley

For years the planet Buchanan was a peaceful place where hardworking colonists could carve a life for themselves. An independent world of farmers and hunters, Buchanan remained far removed from the baffle for control raging between the Federation and the Second Commonwealth...

Until now.

THREE A.M.: Sonic booms roar through the tranquil night sky. Small arms fire erupts from the starport outside the major settlements. A planetary commissioner disappears from his complink, a flash of military battledress the last thing seen on the screen...

And a rocket is launched from Buchanan with a desperate message: Federation troops have landed. And are advancing..

Sergeant David Spencer and his men, soldiers in the Commonwealth's Royal Marines, have been sent to help Buchanan. And in the end, it will all come down to whether they can hold off the Federation troops long enough...