"This was one of Hubbard's earlier works, published in 1940 near the outbreak of the Second World War. It is set in a Europe devastated by thirty years of incessant warfare. Governments all over the Continent have been topped time and again by revolution, and sheer exhaustion has brought the great industrial machines of civilization to a grinding halt. Europe is a veritable graveyard, ruled by scattered peasants and roving bands. A small band of "unkillables," one hundred and sixty-eight survivors from a regiment of six thousand, make their way through the war-torn remains of Europe, led by the mysterious, legendary man who is simply known as the Lieutenant. They fight off enemies and rivals from all sides and trek through deserted cities and ancient fortresses. They ultimately return home to England, where they seize control of the impotent government which has allowed so many like them to ruin their lives in the wasteland of Europe. They establish a vigorous and just new regime, determined to establish an island of peace and sanity in a world gone mad. However, when a new enemy arrives from across the Atlantic, they find that their last chance at civilization may be all for naught...
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 20% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- surviving a post environmental/nuclear disaster
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV:
- fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- guns
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- warrior/knight
Age:
- 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Terrain
- Mountains
- Forests
Earth setting:
- 20th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
