The book, The Last of the Breed, is a
fictitious account of a Native American caught by Soviet officials in what seems to be a
setting of the 1980s. Joe Mackatozi (Mack) is the
protagonist of the story; the primary conflict exists as he
attempts a daring escape from his captors in Siberia, using his Native American training
to survive in the wilderness, off of the land. The man who leads the Soviets is Colonel
Arkady Zamatev, who is the
antagonist.
As Mack travels
across the Siberian landscape, he is pursued by a group of Soviets, who do not know how
to survive in the wild, and are mired down in bureaucratic ineptitude. Mack is suited
to this kind of escape because the skills he uses have been taught for hundreds of
years, passed down from generation to generation, in the culture in which he was
raised.
Mack is also helped by those he meets in his flight
who consider the Soviets their enemies—especially those who have been victimized by
them.
Anyone who has read Louis L'Amour novels in the past
will recognize the same style he uses in his famous Westerns.
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