John Sixtyacre 3 — George W. Harper

A US Army Ranger platoon assigned to a UN peacekeeping mission in the Caucasus abruptly finds itself cast back roughly 6,000 years in time. Attached to the 2nd Bn of the American 81st Regimental Combat Brigade whose commander has scant respect for a bunch of ‘fancy pants' Rangers, they are soon sent packing on a winter long recon to open a trail to the Mesopotamian plains. In the process he radios the platoon leader, ‘Chris' Christianson and orders him to abandon his newly acquired mate ‘Tchanni and reunite to join the battalion in the Lake Van region where they will embark as celibate crusaders and bring Christianity to the world some forty centuries before the birth of its putative founder. Chris acknowledges receiving the order but fails to confirm his intent to obey them He attempts to turn the platoon over to his platoon Sergeant, John Sixtyacre, a Yankton Sioux who has received a dream from the Manitou directing him to remain with Chris and ‘Tchanni, refuses and the platoon joins in on the refusal. With only a few exceptions they elect to convert themselves into a tribe and embark on a long journey back to the Puget Sound region of America bringing horses and cattle along with them. Books One and Two relate details of their long trek. The third and final book of the John Sixtyacre series sees the platoon, now grown into a tribe boasting nearly 1,000 men, women and children, as they arrive in Puget Sound and debark at the future/past city of DuPont. Sixtyacre, departs with Heng and a squad of Rangers on a continent-wide journey aimed as recruiting members of tribes to head to Puget Sound where they will learn about the follies of the platoon's old world and return to their homes riding horses and herding cattle… neither of which were known to the Indian peoples in their present but a good 6,000 years before the platoon's old time. The book ends with a brief exposition of the changes the platoon brings to our Earth. There is no hype and no Utopia; but there is a huge difference. Read and enjoy. G.W.H.