The Last Centurion

John Ringo

ISBN 10: 1416555536 / ISBN 13: 9781416555537

Published by Baen Books, US, 2008

About this Item

In the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by twocatastrophes, a new mini-ice age and, nearly simultaneously, a plague to dwarfall previous experiences. Rising out of the disaster is the character known tohistory as "Bandit Six" an American Army officer caught up in thestruggle to rebuild the world and prevent the fall of his homeland-despitethe best efforts of politicians both elected and military. The Last Centurion isa 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 ofjunk science, bad strategy and organic farming not to mention all three at once.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Centurion
• Publisher: Baen Books, US
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416555536
• ISBN 13: 9781416555537
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 646 grams

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

John Ringo is the New York Times best-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.