About this title: Civilization collapses and nations crumble. A solitary figure known as Bandit Six battles to rebuild the world in this powerful, futuristic thriller.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Baen Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781439132913ISBN:1439132917
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Hint of shelfwear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 602 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Baen
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781439132913ISBN:1439132917
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416555537ISBN:1416555536
Description: New in new dust jacket. First Edition, First Print. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 439 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen
Date Published: 2008-08-05
ISBN-13:9781416555537ISBN:1416555536
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Description: As New in As New jacket. First edition, first printing. As New in As New DJ. "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 any in recorded history. 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 ... read more
Binding: Book
Publisher: BAEN BOOKS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781439132913ISBN:1439132917
Description: BRAND NEW BOOK. 800 pages. Civilization collapses and nations crumble. a solitary figure known as bandit six battles to rebuild the world. (Book) read more
"Not often I come across a post-apocalyptic book from a neo-conservative; the fact that I sometimes wanted to yell at the book (pretty much everything related to global warming is sophistry and nonsense) kept me going at times. On the other hand, a good compelling story with a very different take on how the world might fall apart."
"If you are a dyed in the wool, liberal this book is not for you. If you love apocalpytic science fiction that has a conservative bent from a grunts point of you, read on. Essentially, the world has a mini ice age combined with a deadly flu epidemic. BTW, this book was written prior to the swine flu hit.
It's set about ten years in the future with a female president that may or may not be a parody/satire of Hilary Clinton (you decide), and the flu hits when the main character is in Iran. It's blog style, so it is bogged down in explanation and a bit preachy from time to time. The blogger is a bit high on himself, but he's damn good at his job, so I guess he can be arrogant.
Anyways, it made me think and too few fiction books do that these days."
"John Ringo is a great sci-fi/military writer with an actual military background that often comes across in the subtext of his stories and in the attitudes of some of his characters.
With Bandit Six in The Last Centurion, you get a short range double barreled dose.
The funny thing, as you read it, is that you KNOW the people he's aiming the slings and arrows at aren't going to get it. And just read a couple of the one star reviews here on goodreads, and you'll see that.
"Ooh, he's a conservative"
"Wah, he's attacking liberals."
"Boohoo, he's blaming liberals for global warming!"
As is so very true of the folks that would feel attacked by his points in the first place: you lack the intelligence and understanding of complex events and realities to see the trees because that damned forest is in the way.
Ringo includes real-life, historic examples of his points, so that you can get the cautionary tale side of his story full force. He's not blaming liberals for global warming. He's blaming them for damaging our country's ability to deal with real problems because they refuse to look dispassionately at them. Katrina, one example he uses in the book, is very well laid out and common knowledge amongst people who actually study disasters and disaster response, rather than trying to score political and racial points from the misfortunes of others.
Added to that is his fantastic sense of humor and the very real characters he builds, and you've got both an awesome story AND a frightening glimpse into one possible future, where those in power care more about their ideological positions and less about solving real problems.
God help us if anything remotely like the natural disasters in the book ever hit us, but if they do, let's hope the Powers that Be pay attention to the scientists and professionals whose jobs it is to keep us safe, rather than seeing every disaster as an opportunity to prove their latest pet theories on social evolution.
If you dont entirely agree with Ringo's positions, or you find them curious or confusting at best, skip the first 140 pages or so, and then a bunch of pages towards the end. There's a great little near-future military adventure story in the middle no matter WHO you voted for in the last election, and even for someone who completely agrees with him, Ringo and his protaganist can, at times, beat the drum loudly enough that you might find yourself skimming a page or two.
God bless John Ringo, and HooHagh for a great book!
~Craig
PS-save your responses, if the name George Bush came into your head ONCE while reading this. He's only mentioned once or twice in the book and not generally in a good way. The man's not president anymore, folks, and you'll EVENTUALLY have to take responsibility for the country again. He was EITHER the greatest criminal mastermind the free world has ever seen, or he's the dumbest lump to ever come down the pike. He can't be both."
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