The Galactic Silver Star — Kevin D. Randle

DAVID STEVEN JEFFERSON IS NOT A HERO YET

It had been his first combat mission. He was newly commissioned, untried--and frightened. Too frightened to say no when a gung-ho fellow officer proposed a plan of attack ...a plan that the young second lieu-tenant knew would mean suicide.

The mission was a bitter victory--and David Jefferson was the only, survivor. Hailed as a hero, he was awarded the coveted Galactic Silver Star.

Now he wants to live up to his interplanetary reputation for bravery--a reputation he doesn't think he deserves. So David Steven Jefferson has. volunteered for the most dangerous combat duty possible--as a member of the United States Space Infantry...