Centurions were the guardians of Rome. At the height of the Roman Republic there were over five thousand qualified Roman Centurions in the Legions. To be a Centurion required that, in a mostly illiterate society, one be able to read and write clearly, to be able to convey and create orders, to be capable of not only performing every skill of a Roman soldier but teach every skill of a Roman soldier.
Becoming a Centurion required intense physical ability, courage beyond the norm, years of sacrifice and a total devotion to the philosophy which was Rome. When Rome fell to barbarian invaders, there were less than five hundred qualified Centurions. Not because Rome had fewer people but because it had fewer willing to make the sacrifices. And the last Centurions left their shields in the heather and took a barbarian bride . . .
We are . . . The Last Centurions.
And this Rome SHALL NOT FALL!
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Product ReviewAll the libs with the 1 star ratings are totally happy to be grasshoppers.
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Product ReviewI concur.
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Product ReviewI normally love Ringo's books, but this one was just awful.
Between the caricatured bureaucrats and politicians and the over-the-top, blatant anti-science polemic, it reads like it was written by someone from the dark ages.
This is made worse by the fact that it *does* make some good points, and tells an important story, it's just hard to find the truths between the lies and rhetoric. It's as if I'd ordered a work of art, but when I open the box a starved cat attacks me.
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Product ReviewI love John's novels, but this is not a novel. John did not get the last Presidential election right; he clearly has not been to either of the poles lately, and to top it off he seems to just blindly believe quite a few of the right's talking points without looking closely at them.
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Product ReviewNot his best work. A little ranty for my taste. He reamains one of my favorite authors in spite of this book.
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Product ReviewUGH! I've read all of John Ringo's books and really enjoy his writing, but not this time. Replete with blatant propaganda, Centurion spews forth Neanderthal political and social views, weighing down a flimsy story that is contrived and unrealistic with no character development. Want a scathing polemic against liberals, global warming, and especially against a barely disguised and crudely caricatured Hillary? This is for you. Otherwise it's a waste of time. I hope it's an aberration, cranked out during a drunken weekend (did you forget your meds, John?), not an indication of future work. I'd miss the kind of compelling writing John Ringo can do so capably.
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