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The Last Sunset
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Review for “The Last Sunset” by Bob Atkinson.
This fascinating novel is centred on a lonely Highland glen in Scotland at four different and significant moments in its history; 1746, just before the fateful battle of Culloden, 1916, when a Highland soldier revisits his home whilst on leave from the war in Northern France, 1976 when British soldiers use the glen for military exercises and 2026 when…. Well, you’ll have to read this excellent and original book to find out what happened in 2026.
All these different periods collide in a convincing and highly plausible way. Thus, hardy and courageous Highlanders, hopelessly outgunned by ruthless Redcoats, are aided by British soldiers training for Northern Ireland, and an American couple, whose nostalgic visit - on the girl’s part at least - is stunningly interrupted by a collision between the past and our future, come together in common cause with others who hold the glen as their own. In this novel, one has to not-so-much suspend belief as start believing in other realities, other truths, other dimensions.
Bob Atkinson is a Highlander who served as a soldier and knows his worlds inside out. So this book oozes authority. But, like all Highlanders, Mr. Atkinson is a product of his history and the scents and mists, joys and sadnesses of his homeland pervade this entrancing novel. It is both an exciting adventure story, redolent of Sir Walter Scott in parts, and a hymn to the spirit and soul of Scotland. If you like your stories fast-paced and, at the same time, deeply engaging, I could not but highly recommend “The Last Sunset”. You will think about it long after you turn the final page.
Be warned, 2026 will be a significant year for us all….
Roderick Craig Low. Author of “England 2026. After the Discord”.
This fascinating novel is centred on a lonely Highland glen in Scotland at four different and significant moments in its history; 1746, just before the fateful battle of Culloden, 1916, when a Highland soldier revisits his home whilst on leave from the war in Northern France, 1976 when British soldiers use the glen for military exercises and 2026 when…. Well, you’ll have to read this excellent and original book to find out what happened in 2026.
All these different periods collide in a convincing and highly plausible way. Thus, hardy and courageous Highlanders, hopelessly outgunned by ruthless Redcoats, are aided by British soldiers training for Northern Ireland, and an American couple, whose nostalgic visit - on the girl’s part at least - is stunningly interrupted by a collision between the past and our future, come together in common cause with others who hold the glen as their own. In this novel, one has to not-so-much suspend belief as start believing in other realities, other truths, other dimensions.
Bob Atkinson is a Highlander who served as a soldier and knows his worlds inside out. So this book oozes authority. But, like all Highlanders, Mr. Atkinson is a product of his history and the scents and mists, joys and sadnesses of his homeland pervade this entrancing novel. It is both an exciting adventure story, redolent of Sir Walter Scott in parts, and a hymn to the spirit and soul of Scotland. If you like your stories fast-paced and, at the same time, deeply engaging, I could not but highly recommend “The Last Sunset”. You will think about it long after you turn the final page.
Be warned, 2026 will be a significant year for us all….
Roderick Craig Low. Author of “England 2026. After the Discord”.
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January 24, 2013
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