A interesting review of The Last Centurion by John Ringo is up on the reader blog.

I have often mused that our society has padded the corners and edges of life to excess.  The most common path to wisdom is via a series of collisions with the sharp edges and corners of life, and that path to wisdom only works when those corners and edges leave a lasting mark.

The Last Centurion gives us a glimpse of what life without that padding might be like.

Read the whole thing.