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The Last Centurion John Ringo Baen Books, $25, 439 pages, ISBN: 9781416555537 reviewed by Barry Hunter I think the last time I stayed up to finish a book was GHOST by John Ringo. This is hopefully the beginning of another series from the prolific Ringo. Sometimes I wonder how he finds the time to write as many terrific novels as he has. His political comments also match mine on political correctness and the state of the state. Only thing is, he’s too smart to run for office and even if he did, he would probably scare everyone with his ideas. THE LAST CENTURION is the story of Bandit Six and the events that transpire in the world of 2019. Troops are still in Iraq, a woman is President, global warming is still a buzz word, and the bird flu is beginning to take its toll beginning in China and starting to move around the world. Bandit Six and his men are order to stay in Iraq and maintain the tons and billions of dollars of equipment that can’t be carried home during the pullout. After this, everything goes FUBAR (F****d Up Beyond All Recognition) and there is no way for the troops to get home. Bandit Six takes initiative to get his troops home one way or another. This leads to a lot of battles and strange alliances in order to do this. He doesn’t always do as certain people want, but he does get the job done. By the way, the bird flu has wiped out about 50% of the worlds population and all governments are in chaos. Add in the beginnings of a new ice age, you tubes instant access to video, and people placed in positions they have place in being in and you have another terrific look at a world that can come to pass if things were to continue on the path they are on. John Ringo is a terrific writer and this is just another star on his sleeve in writing the best of future military fiction. Be sure to pick this one up and start reading early or else plan on losing some sleep. reviewed by Harriet Klausner The Hell Times confirmed what most thought about a Democrat in the White House, especially the "Bitch", as this time when they got it wrong the cost was the planet. These idiots focused on preventing global warming only it was the Freeze that led to the pandemic environmental disaster and the bird flu global Plague in which the Bitch’s socialized medicine failed everyone. By 2021 worldwide famine has become the acceptable norm. These leaders failed the military they deployed to the Middle East by abandoning the soldiers in Iraq after widening the mission to Turkey, Iran, and Kuwait. Survival means stealing from the locals who are also struggling for sustenance and looting artifacts to sell on the black market. On our side of the Holy War, few are willing to die for the cause; our adversaries have most of those who sacrifice their lives. Only in America will a TV show surface to showcase THE LAST CENTURION unit as propaganda to patriotically bury the embarrassing defeats behind disinformation fog. While the Fat DC Cats talk of hundred year wars, weary soldiers write blogs so the truth may one day be known before the victors rewrite the history books. Though well written the difficulty for the audience will be to accept the premises that the Liberal Democrats are at fault for the third decade of the desert war, avian flu and global freezing; as if the Bush years did not exist. However, if the audience accepts the shocking prejudicial strong beliefs of THE LAST CENTURION who tells the story in his blog from his perspective as gospel "historical facts", the tale provides a compelling austere near future thriller. Those early sections provide the deep understanding of the military officer’s mind through his blog writing. Though the ending is even more implausible, fans of Mr. Ringo and the Neocons busy rewriting the history books (at least their roles) will appreciate this cautionary tale in which the author implores bloggers to expose the lies of the power structure.
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The Last Centurion
John Ringo
Baen Books, $25, 439 pages, ISBN: 9781416555537

reviewed by Barry Hunter

I think the last time I stayed up to finish a book was GHOST by John Ringo. This is hopefully the beginning of another series from the prolific Ringo. Sometimes I wonder how he finds the time to write as many terrific novels as he has. His political comments also match mine on political correctness and the state of the state. Only thing is, he’s too smart to run for office and even if he did, he would probably scare everyone with his ideas.

THE LAST CENTURION is the story of Bandit Six and the events that transpire in the world of 2019. Troops are still in Iraq, a woman is President, global warming is still a buzz word, and the bird flu is beginning to take its toll beginning in China and starting to move around the world.

Bandit Six and his men are order to stay in Iraq and maintain the tons and billions of dollars of equipment that can’t be carried home during the pullout. After this, everything goes FUBAR (F****d Up Beyond All Recognition) and there is no way for the troops to get home. Bandit Six takes initiative to get his troops home one way or another. This leads to a lot of battles and strange alliances in order to do this. He doesn’t always do as certain people want, but he does get the job done. By the way, the bird flu has wiped out about 50% of the worlds population and all governments are in chaos.

Add in the beginnings of a new ice age, you tubes instant access to video, and people placed in positions they have place in being in and you have another terrific look at a world that can come to pass if things were to continue on the path they are on.

John Ringo is a terrific writer and this is just another star on his sleeve in writing the best of future military fiction. Be sure to pick this one up and start reading early or else plan on losing some sleep.

reviewed by Harriet Klausner

The Hell Times confirmed what most thought about a Democrat in the White House, especially the "Bitch", as this time when they got it wrong the cost was the planet. These idiots focused on preventing global warming only it was the Freeze that led to the pandemic environmental disaster and the bird flu global Plague in which the Bitch’s socialized medicine failed everyone. By 2021 worldwide famine has become the acceptable norm.

These leaders failed the military they deployed to the Middle East by abandoning the soldiers in Iraq after widening the mission to Turkey, Iran, and Kuwait. Survival means stealing from the locals who are also struggling for sustenance and looting artifacts to sell on the black market. On our side of the Holy War, few are willing to die for the cause; our adversaries have most of those who sacrifice their lives. Only in America will a TV show surface to showcase THE LAST CENTURION unit as propaganda to patriotically bury the embarrassing defeats behind disinformation fog. While the Fat DC Cats talk of hundred year wars, weary soldiers write blogs so the truth may one day be known before the victors rewrite the history books.

Though well written the difficulty for the audience will be to accept the premises that the Liberal Democrats are at fault for the third decade of the desert war, avian flu and global freezing; as if the Bush years did not exist. However, if the audience accepts the shocking prejudicial strong beliefs of THE LAST CENTURION who tells the story in his blog from his perspective as gospel "historical facts", the tale provides a compelling austere near future thriller. Those early sections provide the deep understanding of the military officer’s mind through his blog writing. Though the ending is even more implausible, fans of Mr. Ringo and the Neocons busy rewriting the history books (at least their roles) will appreciate this cautionary tale in which the author implores bloggers to expose the lies of the power structure.

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