George W Harper

John Sixtyacre George W Harper

The first of three novels detailing the adventures of a platoon of U. S. Army Rangers attached to the 2/81st Bn, on a U. N. peacekeeping mission in the Caucasus. Commanding the platoon is Lt, William Christenson together with his platoon sergeant, John Sixtyacre, a Yankton Sioux Indian. The unit is cast back in time 5,000, perhaps 6,000 years and shortly thereafter the men elect to make their way back to America, where they could perhaps start over and somehow make the future less painful than it was when they were sent out in the year 2088. As might be expected, it took time and confusion before they realized what had happened, and even then they did not know how or why or even the exact number of years involved but they soon realized they were back at the tag end of the neolithic are the start of the bronze age. In short, it was a long way back. once accepted it was quickly evident that if they are to have any hope of making the long trek to America they will have to transform themselves from being a purely military platoon into a tribe capable of crossing the daunting steppes of Siberia, thence over to Alaska and then finally down to the Puget Sound region. Book one details the shake-out initial stage of the long journey. The three novels pull no punches. There is no Hollywood romanticizing and no hokum; just an accurate depiction of what life was like in that era. In general the tale is archaeologically sound and the people they encounter act, think and behave as nearly as logical reconstruction directs... with no 21st Century modern ideas lurking in the bushes. In brief, the conditions of life back then were dismal and best described as being "nasty, brutish and short!" The novels entail many surprises but they are a logical reconstruction in every respect. While some of the reconstructions are bound to be flawed they are as accurate as I can make them. Read and enjoy.