The Last Canadian

The Last Canadian

infobox book
name = The Last Canadian
title_orig = Death Wind
author = William C. Heine
country = Canada
language = English
genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Pocket Book of Canada
release_date = 1974
media_type = Print (paperback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 868791003

"The Last Canadian" is a 1974 science fiction novel by William C. Heine about the adventures of Eugene Arnprior after North America is devastated by a plague. The U.S. release of the novel was titled "Death Wind".

Plot introduction

The President had fled the White House. Now safely concealed in a secret war room - a shelter safe against everything but a direct hit by an atomic bomb, its air thoroughly washed and filtered, its communications systems locally and remotely controlled - the President sat watching his country die.

A virulent and deadly disease had spread across the American continent, homo sapiens had become an endangered species. Gene Arnprior had survived the lethal virus, but could he survive the sinister society it had created?

Explanation of title

Eugene Arnprior had just received in the mail a notice of his Canadian citizenship when the plague stuck. So he considered himself "The Last Canadian".

Film adaptations

"The Last Canadian" was adapted onto film as "The Patriot" (1998) staring Steven Segal.


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