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Line 6: Reinvigorated, Stauer assembles his force - old soldiers, sailors and airman - and finds his purpose. Written by the author of the ''[[~~Carreras~~Carrera's Legions ~~(Literature)~~\|Carreras Legions]]'' books, the ''Countdown'' series follows a professional mercenary company as it forms up firstly to mount a hostage rescue, and then later as it becomes embroiled in conflicts not entirely of its choosing. The books in the series, as of May 2012, are: Line 16: It's essentially more or less the Legion Del Cid series, but set on Earth. And in Guyana, instead of Panama. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This Series uses the following tropes: ===~~ * [[Combat Medic]]: M Day's medics are trained to shoot and heal; the initial cadre was several Green Beret medic. * [[Crapsack World]]: It becomes clear that the world is slowly but surely going to hell, and that civilisation is crumbling. Line 25 ⟶ 24: * Shoutout: In ''The Liberators'', one chopper pilot is humming Ride of the Valkyries as he prepares to launch. An interrogator uses [[~~Carreras~~Carrera's Legions\|Fernandez]]' playbook when interrogating a journalist, and says he got it out of a book by a [[Take That Us\|hack science fiction writer]]. ** In ''H Hour'', a line infantry Captain and a special forces Sergeant have an argument on weapons safety in the mess. "[[Black Hawk Down\|This is my safety]]," says the Sergeant, waving his trigger finger. * [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: The setting of the novels (the prologue of ''The Liberators'' takes place around the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Line 32 ⟶ 31: [[Category:Countdown]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Pages Needing an Entry Pimp]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]