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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781416555537 ISBN: 1416555536 Label: Baen Manufacturer: Baen Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: August 05, 2008 Publisher: Baen Studio: Baen Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by two catastrophes, a new mini-ice age and, nearly simultaneously, a plague to dwarf all previous experiences. Rising out of the disaster is the character known to history as “Bandit Six” an American Army officer caught up in the struggle to rebuild the world and prevent the fall of his homeland—despite the best efforts of politicians both elected and military. The Last Centurion is a memoir of one possible future, a world that is a darkling mirror of our own. Written “blog-style,” it pulls no punches in its descriptions of junk science, bad strategy and organic farming not to mention all three at once Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Propaganda pieceOther reviewers have said this is a political rant very poorly disguised as an adventure novel. That's not quite fair; it's legitimately both an adventure novel and a propaganda piece. But a propaganda piece it is, and as subtle as a brick. Red states good, blue states bad. Republicans good, Democrats bad, Hillary Clinton (the thinly disguised President) very very bad. Corporate farming good, organic bad. Christianity good, Islam not (and secularism gets slammed a bit as well). That ... Read More Rating: - Bad Pleading AND Bad ReadingIt matters little that almost every statistic, study and test cited by the author turned out to be true. Yes, multicultural societies are burdened with trust issues and more violence. Yes, a switch to organic farming would mean mass starvation due to poor yields. Yes, many climatologists are worried about increased sunspot activity. Yes, markets are more efficient and cheaper than anything run by the State. Yes, Yes, Yes. But the author is insistent on hitting the reader over the head with a sledge ... Read More Rating:  - Too ExtremeAll in all, not a bad story. It's entertaining and reasonbly good sci-fi / alt history. The basic premise of the story seems to be all too possible, indeed, likely as things go to today. All that said, several items picked at me throughout the story: 1 - Bandit 6's career does not really follow the Army model for an Infantry Officer; he does jobs and attends schools somewhat out of order, for no reason that I can tell other than the author is either unfamiliar with the commissioned ... Read More Rating: - Slow and preachy....I really enjoy most of the Military Fiction that Ringo puts out there. It's fun, it's exciting, it's like a James Bond movie. Last Centurion was not. The basic storyline sets thing far enough in the future to play with politics, environmental conditions etc. without worrying too much about things being unrealistic. The main character is a uber-Officer in the Army who has a unique set of qualities that enable him to save his troops and accomplish an almost impossible mission as the rest of the world ... Read More Rating:  - This is a huge waste of time.This is an extreme political rant very poorly disguised as an adventure novel. I'm very sorry I ever bought it and kept reading. I really enjoyed the Prince Roger books with David Weber but John Ringo has getting more and more political and less and less action oriented. I'll never read another book by John Ringo alone again. 
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