Mike Stokey

Starship Troopers

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."

Incident on a Dark Street

A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.