Bernard Schopen was born and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota. He attended the University of Washington and the University of Nevada in Reno, where upon receiving his Ph.D. in English he taught for many years. Based in Reno, NV, Schopen is the author of four Jack Ross novels, as well as a study of the novels of Ross Macdonald.

"[T]here’s a tone of heightened reality throughout The Last Centurion. It is effective at communicating the surrealism of global politics, as are characters who embody various philosophies without verging into one-dimensional characterizations...The novel raises uncomfortable points, drawing comparisons between the expansion of the ancient Roman empire through physical and cultural violence and the expansion of America’s presence on the global stage. These points are most poignant when it comes to questions of complicity and the ways in which the civilians of empires become soldiers of cultural war. - CONSTANCE AUGUSTA A. ZABER (Foreword Reviews, January/February 2018)

Bernard Schopen was born and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota. He attended the University of Washington and the University of Nevada in Reno, where upon receiving his Ph.D. in English he taught for many years. Based in Reno, NV, Schopen is the author of four Jack Ross novels, as well as a study of the novels of Ross Macdonald.

"[T]here’s a tone of heightened reality throughout The Last Centurion. It is effective at communicating the surrealism of global politics, as are characters who embody various philosophies without verging into one-dimensional characterizations...The novel raises uncomfortable points, drawing comparisons between the expansion of the ancient Roman empire through physical and cultural violence and the expansion of America’s presence on the global stage. These points are most poignant when it comes to questions of complicity and the ways in which the civilians of empires become soldiers of cultural war. - CONSTANCE AUGUSTA A. ZABER (Foreword Reviews, January/February 2018)

Bernard Schopen was born and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota. He attended the University of Washington and the University of Nevada in Reno, where upon receiving his Ph.D. in English he taught for many years. Based in Reno, NV, Schopen is the author of four Jack Ross novels, as well as a study of the novels of Ross Macdonald.

"[T]here’s a tone of heightened reality throughout The Last Centurion. It is effective at communicating the surrealism of global politics, as are characters who embody various philosophies without verging into one-dimensional characterizations...The novel raises uncomfortable points, drawing comparisons between the expansion of the ancient Roman empire through physical and cultural violence and the expansion of America’s presence on the global stage. These points are most poignant when it comes to questions of complicity and the ways in which the civilians of empires become soldiers of cultural war. - CONSTANCE AUGUSTA A. ZABER (Foreword Reviews, January/February 2018)