THE LAST POST

[cereswunderkind]

Here's another extract from THE LAST POST, available in print and Kindle editions from Chalk Path Books

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IAN COLLINS STOOD PERFECTLY STILL and upright in front of the Remembrance Garden and commanded his right arm to salute the dead. Long way up, short way down, was the way his drill sergeant had taught him. Bend the elbow out as you raise the arm,

Comments

[ghostfriendly]

Some very good ideas in this one, I liked the eventual description of the suit. The drill sargeant business has been done a lot, but your take was still fresh and effective. I'm guessing you've read Forever War?

[cereswunderkind]

It looks as if we both created dystopian post-war futures, doesn't it?

When Darren and I did the final sequencing of THE LAST POST I was very keen for PHEIDIPPIDES to be the opening story because of its fantastic world-building, convincing character interactions and the sheer page-turning energy of the plot.

Yes, I first read THE FOREVER WAR in the 70s and come back to it from time to time. I've also read STARSHIP TROOPERS, to which it is meant to be a riposte. It's interesting to note that Joe Haldeman was a front-line soldier in a real war, while Robert Heinlein was a naval officer in peacetime. I think the difference shows.