The Last Centurion - by John Ringo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After a mini-ice age and a plague strike nearly simultaneously, civilization collapses and nations crumble. A solitary figure known as Bandit Six battles to rebuild the world, in this powerful, futuristic thriller.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <i>The Last Centurion</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Ringo</b> brings fighting to life. He is the creator of the Posleen Wars series, which has become a <i>New York Times </i>best-selling series with more than one million copies in print. The series contains <i>A Hymn Before Battle, </i> <i>Gust Front</i>, <i>When the Devil Dances</i>, <i>Hell's Faire, </i> and <i>Eye of the Storm</i>. In addition, Ringo has penned the Council War series. Adding another dimension to his skills, Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (<i>Ghost</i>, <i>Kildar</i>, <i>Choosers of the Slain</i>, <i>Unto the Breach</i>, and <i>A Deeper Blue</i>). His techno-thriller <i>The Last Centurion </i>was also a national bestseller. A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series: <i>Into the Looking Glass</i>, <i>Vorpal Blade</i>, <i>Manxome Foe, </i> and <i>Claws That Catch</i>, the last three in collaboration with Travis S. Taylor. His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author David Weber: <i>March Upcountry</i>, <i> March to the Sea</i>, <i>March to the Stars, </i>and <i>We Few</i>. There are an additional seven collaborations from the Posleen series: <i>The Hero</i>, written with Michael Z. Williamson, <i>Watch on the Rhine</i>, <i>Yellow Eyes, </i> and <i>The Tuloriad</i>, all written with Tom Kratman, and the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Cally's War</i> and its sequels <i>Sister Time</i> and <i>Honor of the Clan</i>, all with Julie Cochrane. His science-based zombie apocalypse Black Tide Rising series includes <i>Under a Graveyard Sky, To Sail a Darkling Sea, Islands of Rage and Hope, </i> and <i>Strands of Sorrow. </i>A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.
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