Suzanne Lowe

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".