The Last Centurion
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ISBN: 1439132917 / Publisher: Baen, August 2009
In the wake of dual catastrophes that strike Earth in the second decade of the twenty-first century--a mini ice age and a devastating plague--an American Army officer who becomes known as "Bandit Six" becomes caught up in the desperate struggle to rebuild the world and prevent the ultimate fall of his homeland. Reprint.
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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.
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