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holnist-faction

The Holnists are portrayed as a destructive ideological group whose failed agricultural experiments and brutal tactics have devastated the region.

1 chapter across 1 book

The Postman (1985)David Brin

Chapter 55

In this chapter, Gordon and two women, Heather and Marcie, seek refuge in a ruined survivalist bunker and then travel cautiously through a desolate landscape scarred by war and failed Holnist experiments. Their journey leads them to an abandoned village and eventually to a confrontation with General Macklin and his men, resulting in Gordon's capture. Throughout, Gordon reflects on the collapse of civilization, the futility of idealism, and the brutal new order imposed by augmented soldiers.