The Last Pilgrims Unleashed
The Intel Hub
February 23, 2012
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The new post-apocalyptic book The Last Pilgrims is available now. The first day of the book launch will be a “book bomb” that many hope will drive it into Amazon’s Top 100 Bestseller List, an ambitious goal for an independently published book.
The early reviews show that the book has much to offer survivalists, preppers, Jericho fans, action adventure fiction fans and more. Gwen, of Save Jericho! on Facebook reviewed a copy and stated:
“…the book blossoms and the characters come alive. Each chapter is named after a character and gives insight into the character, along with advancing the current timeline or exploring how this character survived the collapse.
This two timeline feature, a little bit like the Lost “flashbacks” allows the reader to learn about the collapse and follow the main story. Too many post-apocalyptic stories, don’t explore why the apocalypse occurred or how the characters survived.
The Last Pilgrims makes sure that each facet of the story, past and present, are explored.”
The Vallensian people are pacifists and because they are so vulnerable, the local militia has sworn to protect them. The militia fighters are the most knight-like of the fighters. Timothy refers to himself as:
“. . . raised in the militia. He didn’t even remember having a family, nor could he know what that meant outside the family he had among his brethren. His duty and honor were the only two things of consequence that he owned.”
James Berry summarized the book by saying:
“Take equal parts of several genres (western, spy novel, military action, suspense, medieval romance and post-apocalyptic), blend them all together into a rousing adventure tale and you have this first novel by Michael Bunker.
And SurvivorJane.com stated:
“…has all the elements of a great book with strong characters, a relevant message, a little romance (grin) and those emotional ups and downs that keeps you turning each page until there are no more.”
“…in The Last Pilgrims Michael Bunker brings to the forefront the error in our present-day society’s ‘normalcy bias’ way of thinking and our reliance on technology and equipment to get us through what most doubt will ever happen – a total societal collapse. He demonstrates through the Vallenses Community the benefit of education, knowledge and acquired skills for when, not if, a collapse will happen – in someone’s future.”
The Last Pilgrims is the first book in the new post-apocalyptic saga that promises to have cinematic action sequences, humor, well developed characters, practical off-grid information and a spin on the post-collapse world that has never been done before.
These unique features combine to make The Last Pilgrims one of kind.
So check it out at www.lastpilgrims.com and then support an independently published book against the big guys by buying the book today
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About the Book
Michael Bunker, author of the Amazon.com bestselling non-fiction book Surviving Off Off-Grid, would like to introduce you to one of the most exciting, heart-pounding, and unique novels to come around in a generation.
More than your typical post-apocalyptic faire, The Last Pilgrims could well be one of the most important and prescient novels of our time. Twenty years in the future is five-hundred years in the past.
It is just two decades after the worldwide societal collapse and the Vallenses, an Amish-like “plain people” living and surviving in what was once Central Texas, are under attack by the King of Aztlan and his armies. The pacifistic Vallenses are defended by the shadowy Ghost Militia and their inspiring leader Phillip, a militant freeman who wages a guerilla war with Aztlan.
Jonathan Wall and the thriving agrarian community of Vallenses have prospered by living the simple and sustainable ways of the past. In a massively depopulated world, balkanization is a reality and monarchy is back.
A corrupt kingdom arises, led by a king who cannot abide freemen on lands that he covets. Just as the Vallenses send off a plea to the benevolent King of the South States, a mysterious assassin misses his target: Jonathan Wall.
Phillip “the Ghost” is on a personal mission to save the Vallenses – even if it is against their will, while Jonathan’s own son David and his fearless teenage daughter Ruth are led to challenge their pacifistic upbringing and question whether or not the time has come for the Vallenses to fight for the land, the people, and the God they love.
The Last Pilgrims is a modern re-telling of the forgotten history of the Ancient Waldenses – simple farmers who lived in the valleys of the Alps for hundreds of years despite repeated attempts to annihilate them.
Full of tragedy, adventure, humor, and love, The Last Pilgrims is a rare post-apocalyptic saga that takes history and casts it into the future, while examining that future in light of the errors of the present and the past.
