Hi. This is my last hope in regards to finding a Sci-Fi series I started to read about 6 years ago while I was in the Marine Corps. A guy I knew turned me onto this book, and then dissapeared right after I gave it back. I don't know the names of the authors or anything. So here's what I remember:

It's a future space sci-fi book. The main character is a kid who ends up having a really durable, almost unbreakable, knife surgicly implanted into his forearm where it can slip into his hand. He was on a space station and was considered a malcontent and put into some kind of training camp. He ended up being saved by the empire maybe, and then starts to go through their marines or army, but ends up in something like Special Ops or Covert Ops where he ends up becoming the lead man on the team. There is another character on the team who comes from a planet with a high gravity, so he's really strong and is short. Another character is the main characters old girlfriend and she becomes a beast master, controlling 2 very intelligent tigers.

I really liked the series, but have not been able to find it for years. It's an older series and I don't think it's still published any help should be appreciated, or if you could send me in the right direction. Thanks.

Sheshu

@Sheshu: my friend parakkum was able to hunt this down with the help of others: "The Sten Chronicles" by Allan Cole and others.

http://www.acole.com/novels/sten/sten.html

Enjoy!

That's an impressive list. Most I've read. Many I liked. A few I've never heard of. There's one book a friend of mine gave me, I've never heard of, and is not included in the sci-fi book club— but was a really great read was 'THE HUMAN FACTOR" by A.J. DiChiara. It was a real page turner. He got it on Amazon, and said it had great reader reviews. I have to say, I couldn't put it down. It reminded my of a good Rod Serling tale— one you'd expect to see on the Twilight Zone. If you're a sci-fi fan and want a good weekend read, definately pick up "THE HUMAN FACTOR" by A.J. DiChiara.