I just finished reading Empire by Orson Scott Card. It's a fiction thriller about the United States and a what if scenario that the government was overthrown based on very real possibilities. One of the characters points out that Rome wasn't great and was plagued by civil wars until Julius Caesar took control changing the republic of Rome into an empire. He says that the US can't reach its potential until after we move out of our current republic phase and become an empire. It's decently written although in some of the fast moving action sequences it feels like things start jumping ahead too fast, as if the words couldn't be printed fast enough to keep up with the story.
This is one of my favorite passages dealing with an Army Ranger Special Ops guy assaulting the rebels that have high tech body armor and weapons. I thought it was funny.
"Cole reached up and detached the M-24 sniper rifle from his pack. It fired a heavier round than the pistol -- that's why he brought it. Testing had shown that at fairly close range, it penetrated the rebel's body armor at certain key points. Like the faceplate."
Maybe you won't find it quite as amusing, but it made me laugh. :-)
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