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CASCA: Just doing a job on the African continent
This volume of the Casca series written by the legendary Barry Sadler takes place (mostly) in Africa, where a mercenary named Casey Romain is engaged to overthrow the brutal dictator of a small country. Casey Romain is actually Casca, the Roman legionaire who pierced Christ's side with his spear while He was on the cross. Casca is doomed to live until Christ's return fighting war after war until that happens.

In this book Sadler has created an interesting cast of characters who fight alongside Casca and his ability to write great action scenes is certainly evident in the African Mercenary. It is rather annoying that the author avoids discussing Rhodesia at the beginning, although it is almost certain that some of the action takes place there. This is the first of these I've read in 20 years but like Casca himself, it seems timeless. ... Read more

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Casca's Brotherhood confrontation
This book covers the late 5th/early 6th centuries in Byzantine Constantinople.Casca begins by saving an Alpine village from raiders then falls asleep for decades in a cave of ice ("The Sentinel").After saving the village yet again Casca is claimed by a young girl Ireina who is pregnant after being raped.They travel to constantinople and Casca joins the army.Meanwhile the girl and her son are captured by the Brotherhood and things go pear-shaped for everyone.I won't spoil the ending but its bloody, as you'd expect any Sadler story to be.

One of his last good books, this is a story of revenge. ... Read more

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Casca in the Foreign Legion!
This 11th classic of the late great Barry Sadler's Casca series actually starts out where the 4th novel, Panzer Soldier, ended. (Barry jumped around in time throughout the series.)

Adolph Hiler's reign is over, and the Russian takeover is brutal, forcing Casca, aka Carl Langers, to escape and evade capture. After a time of running and dodging the Russian machine, and changing his identity, Casca is finally taken prisoner and forced with a few others into the French Foreign Legion.

The eternal mercenary takes to this brutal regiment of becoming yet another type of elite soldier like a duck takes to water. And Gus Beidemann is back! This is one of Casca's oldest friends that he first met as a german panzer soldier, and has then had three other adventures throughout the 22 books. (Unfortunately, he meets his demise in the nest book, Casca: The African Mercenary.)

This is not one of the better edited of Casca's more modernized adventures. But it is chock full of action and adventure in the battle of Bien Dien Phu, where he actually loses another war. That's what I liked about sadler. He didn't always have Casca on the winning side.

Classic action/adventure this!

Casca's Vietnam experience in the French Foreign Legion
Having noticed previous unhelpful reviews, I decided to write a proper one about the book. Casca is recruited into the French Foreign Legion in the aftermath of the second worldwar - the first part of the story deals with Casca's escape from a shattered Berlin and is wonderfully written - and trains in Africa.

He is then shipped to Vietnam and is involved in the bitter war against the Viets fighting for independance. Gus Beidemann joins Casca and the two enjoy a few hilarious adventures before they are dropped into Dien Bien Phu in 1954 which saw the eclipse of France's Indochinese empire. The battle is well written and gives you some idea as to what went on in that terrible siege.

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Stark and powerful! Hackworth before his time!
Sadler brings to the reader the abuses and the bravo sierra of the military, as well as the Brotherhood of men who have survived combat together. This book hit the shelvessome time before Col. DavidHackworth's <>followed.

<> picks up where <> ended. Casca, going by the name Carl Langers, E&E'sfrom Berlin to France, where he enlists in the Foreign Legion. Aftertraining, he ships out to Indochina, where he links up with his old buddy,the inimitable, unforgettable and eternally lovable Gustav Beidemann.Casca, Gus and a couple of newfound buddies face two enemies; the VietMinh, and a murderous, self-serving petty criminal of a Sergent, who is aposter child for fragging.

Casca's analysis and condemnation of Communismis "iron on target." Gus' tormenting of the scumbag Sergent ishighly amusing...and inspiring. Sergent Scumbag's gross maltreatment of hismen typifies what Colonel Hackworth decries in real life.

There is plentyof action throughout. Sadler brings the War to life with the samevirtuosity as Crane, Remarque and Guy Sajer. Most poignantly, he shares theLove felt between men who fight together.

Whether you look at this asentertainment, history, or the story of four buddies trying to survive thewar, the opposition and their NCO, <> is anexcellent read! ... Read more

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Not Free SF Reader
Human sacrifice will backfire if you pick an immortal.

I didn't like this one as much as the first, but still a fine adventure.

Basically, all you have to hear is this 'Vikings vs Olmecs' and what more do you need to know?

Ok, one more thing - what happens when you try and do the chop the heart out ritual thing on someone curse dby the 'sun of gud' to not die.

Casca, of course, living has to keep wondering, much as they who come later MacLeod's, and is pretty much of the same school of decent bloke.

The setup here is the discovery in a museum of armor of the time of this particular escapade, and an artifact whose face looks rather like Casca's.

Absolutely worth giving one of these books a go if you like this sort of genre.


3.5 out of 5

One of the best in the series
This was an early Sadler Casca novel and is accordingly one of the best.He weaves a fascinating tale of vikings sailing across the Atlantic and finding North America in the 3rd century, before sailing south to what is now Mexico and becoming involved in pre-Columbian inter tribal politics.Casca at the heart of the tale, falls in love with one of the women of the tribe and survives a sacrificial rite to become a living god amongst them.

Set in between books 5 and 3 (they were not written in order!) its a damned good yarn.

For more Casca lore and information, visit www.casca.net ... Read more

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This authoritative handbook, written and edited by forty international leaders in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) practice and theory, is the most comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the field to date. The book surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field.

Part I comprises a review of SEA frameworks in leading countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US), the European Union and developing regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Newly Independent States). Part 2 reviews SEA practice in several major sectors (energy, minerals, transport, water, development assistance and coastal zone management). Part 3 addresses the linkages between SEA and other comparable tools such as spatial planning and environmental management. Part 4 probes key cross-cutting issues in SEA, including how to address cumulative and transboundary effects. Part 5 identifies ways and means of SEA process and capacity development, focusing on how to improve and upgrade the theory and practice of the field. Part 6 examines the shift from conventional SEA towards more integrative approaches, drawing on experience and examples from a number of countries.

This Handbook is the most comprehensive examination of SEA to date and is the essential reference for all practitioners, researchers, impact assessors, planners, environmental managers, policy-makers and regulators in all jurisdictions worldwide.

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God Of Death Book#2
Sorry I can't review this, because the person I was to purchase it from found out they didn't have it in stock.So I got a refund.

This twice this has happended, not with the same person but two others.

Better record keeping may help.

William

Heart stopping
I have always enjoyed picking up a new Casca book, and not knowing where Barry was going to take me. Casca has a flash of megalomania in this book, and wishes to make another immortal, one that will share eternity with him on this earth. I won't give it away, but not everything goes as he plans.
Barry brings us back to a time when human sacrifices where not only done, but those being sacrificed where treated as honored. Another fine story that deals with the pains of his curse.

Classic Casca!
This series belongs to those classics such as Robert E. Howard's Conan saga, or Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan. Casca is both memorable and one of a kind anti-hero.

God of Death proves that. High octane action and aventure on a cinematic scale seldom seen. A must read for anyone, both male or female.

EXCELLENT CONTINUATION OF THE STORY
This is the second book of Sadler's Casca Series.As with several of the other books in this series, it is not in absolute chronological order.You have to keep reading the series and put the chronology in order yourself.This is okay though and does not distract from the story one bit.This is classical Sadler stuff.The story line hold true and Casca remains Casca.The story concerns his voyage to the new world with members of his Norse group.Each page is filled with typical Sadler action and can truely be classified as a page turner.I am a Sadler fan and do feel this was one of the better stories in the servies...everyone has their favorite though.Recommend this one highly.

Casca The God of Death
The second book of the series, but oddly the third chronologically, follows on from the Barbarian and tells of the voyage of Casca and his vikings across the ocean to Central America where Casca becomes at first a captive of the ancient Teotec peoples.

After surviving a sacrifice he becomes revered as a god and helps win his people a war, but at a cost.For those who wish to find out more, please read this book as its one of the best in the series.

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Casca returns to the Middle East in the 20th century, signed on to fight a religious war. He expects a slaughter, but how could he know that he has joined a devastatingly efficient army? For what begins as a massacre ends six days later in victory! Original. ... Read more

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Not sure of the confusion with this book
After reading some of the reviews for this "older" book from Sadler I am not really sure why there is so much confusion. The Israeli wars were always fast pace and bloody, that is why they won. Expert leadership and a desire to survive, that is the best way to describe the early Israeli wars/conflicts, where is the problem?

The rundown...
I love heavily laden action/adventure stories. But this one, like quite a few latter others of this series, seemed like it was not even written by the illustrious author, Barry Sadler.

This novel was convincing me that JOVE was paying a ghost writer off as being Barry Sadler. It was that sterile. Very unlike Sadler's work.

Confused timeline and too much fighting
The thing about writing a series of historically related books is to keepa timeline as accurately as possible.In this instance the writer who tookBarry Sadler's original notes (Sadler did not complete this one) made areal mess of it.The incidents in this overdone novel relate to the 1967Six-Day War but chronologically in the Casca series it occurs AFTER 1970 (Ithink Sadler was going to write about the Yom Kippur War).Also this booktends to be one mad assault on an Arab fortress after another and it getsboring.The only relief is a brief lull in Jerusalem when Casca does a bitof reminiscing.Otherwise its really a waste of the readers time unlessyou like a Steve Spielberg-style all-action Rambo all-out war from page 1to the finish.YAWN.

Not the last, and certainly not the best.
There are two other Casca books written after this one. I really didn't care for this one as much as most of the others. Most of the story is somehow lacking in personality or any sort of imagination. I would reccomend not reading this one (or number 21 for that matter) until you have checked out the other ones in the series. Number 22 was pretty good ,if I remember correctly, as well.

LAME
This the last book in the CASCA series is a letdown.Haveing read the other 19,I expected much more. ... Read more

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Ave, Morturi!!
The late, great author Barry Sadler, best known his his extremely popular Casca series, gives us a Casca-like novel, full of blood drenched gladiators.

I read this novel some time ago, and remembered it to be a solid read. But it just wasn't Casca. Hard shoes to fill.

But yet, if Barry Sadler wrote it, it was definately well worth reading. Casca will always be his top-notch, unforgettable character, however.

A must read.

One of my all-time favorite books.
I lost my copy of this book and have lamented the fact since. Best book about the gladiator era I have ever read. Very descriptive, interesting account of a slave boy raised expressly for the arena. Highly recommended.

Roman gladiator kicks ass in Arena.
Written like an autobiography, this book pulls you in from the very beginning and keeps you interested until the very end.A slave baby, born beneath the great Arena in Ceasar Augusta's Rome, the story's hero grows into the most feared gladiator of his time.Good action writing style from Barry Sadler, author of The Green Berets and Casca books.This book makes you wish we had gladiatorial combat in the 90's rather than that wimpy sport of boxing ... Read more

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Eternal - mercenary and series!
The first book in the Cosca series was great - in part because of the underlying premise, in part because of the writing ability.The second, third, and fourth in the series followed as well.But by the fifth I had been through all the world conflicts I cared for... and they just continued.

By all means, get your hands on the first three or four.They are well worth the money.After that...enjoy the wars.

Whoa!? How much is that used paperback?
The Eternal Mercenary, Casca Series, Book 1Try the Books in Motion version for a cheaper alternative!Try Audibledotcom for an even cheper download.You won't be sorry.It is UNabridged and Gene Engene is incredible.He has the deep, richly masculine voice you would expect of Casca, and he performs the voices of other characters, women and old men very well without sounding phony.His pace and cadence sets the stage for the story as he controls the tension.

A Legend is Born
Without a doubt, anyone that is interested in Casca needs to have this story. It starts the series, and gives the reader a reason why Casca's curse is just what it is suppose to be. It is Barry's storytelling at it's finest. The action is fantastic. The characters are colorful and believable. The drama compels the reader to turn the page and see what happens next. The cover is bright and detailed, giving any would be reader an idea of what's inside. Buy it and read it. It is the story that set the hook with me. This is the book to start your journey, and give you an understanding of the rest of the series.

Super Reader
The book opens with some US Vietnam war doctors looking at what should be a corpse, a man victim of the getting blown up thing. However, the body heals rapidly, which freaks them. It freaks them even more, when assisting with surgery to remove shrapnel they find a bronze age arrowhead. One of them has Casca's story inflicted on them.

Casca is part of the squad that executes Jesus, and because he wants to get back to a 'hot little Armenian dancer' he shoves a spear in to finish him off, given he was taking a long time kicking the bucket.

Jesus basically gives him a Chinese style curse telling him you will remain as you are then, if you are happy with it, or, you will live in a lot of interesting times.

Casca gets in a fight with a superior over the girl, ends up spending decades in a slave mine, helps out a supervisor, becomes a gladiator. Because of his immortality and work he is a lot stronger and more durable than a normal man.

Becomes a star gladiator, Nero gives him his freedom. After a two day bender he is busted by the vigiles doing the defecation and even worse abuse of a statue of Nero in the street, so Nero sends him to a slave galley. A few more decades of this, and his is back in a legion, having outlasted many emperors. Casca is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, that is for sure.

So, some more war, and Casca is getting sick of it after looking over a battlefield with 50000 dead.

He tries the suicide thing, stabbing himself in the heart, but no joy. His body rapidly ejects the sword.

The end sees him fighting in Israel, versus Arabs, in a more modern time.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

wonderful book/series
Casca: The Eternal Mercenary is a series of twenty-two books written by Barry Sadler.This series is about a guy named Casca Rufio Longinus; he was cursed by Jesus Christ. The curse is "Soldier, you are content with what you are. Then that you shall remain until we meet again."The curse means that Casca will remain as a soldier until the second coming of Jesus Christ. This is a fantastic series so far.The first book in the series is extremely descriptive, interesting, and unpredictable.
Mr. Sadler, the author, describes everything in great detail; it is so descriptive that the reader will get hooked on the book until he/she is done with it, such as when Casca describes exactly what happened the day he killed Jesus Christ.Casca says that he and the other soldiers were betting on who would take the clothes of Jesus and the two thieves, who were killed the same day.He goes on to say how he speared Jesus in the rib cage to kill him quicker, and how when he did that some of Jesus' blood ran down the spear shaft got on his lips.That is when Jesus cursed him.Casca then goes on to describe what happened after he was cursed.He describes what illnesses, injuries, and punishments he has received or avoided as he goes through his life.He also recollects what women he has married and fallen in love with, and the women that his enemies raped and killed.Casca recalls his slavery and what life was like in slavery.
This book in the series is interesting because Casca, the main character, is a depicted soldier who fought in the Vietnam War in 1970.He was injured by a piece of shrapnel which exposed an area of his brain approximately four inches long and three inches wide.Casca's body was taking steps to protect itself from infections by rapidly healing the abscess in his skull.This amazed the army surgeons, a colonel, and a major.Major Goldman, one of the surgeons, discovered that Casca's blood was deadly poison.He also discovered that Casca could speak the Latin of the Caesars.These facts are intriguing because no person who has a wound as such could heal by itself and few people at that time could speak such a tongue.Casca explained to Major Goldman about how he was cursed.While in the hospital, Casca told Goldman that he had been alive before the birth of Jesus and that he was the one ordered to kill Jesus.These are just a few of the multiple points of interest in the first book.These interesting facts came out of the first chapter.
The reader can never predict what turn of events lie in store for the soldier who lives infinitely.Every new place he goes, he receives a new name.No one knows that he is the same legendary figure because few people know that he can not die. As one progresses through Casca's life, one starts to believe that he will be dead due to a stab wound, some type of poison or sickness he incurs, but he still lives on because of the curse."Soldier, you are content with what you are.Then that you shall remain until we meet again."
This series, especially the first book arouses interest as it is interesting, descriptive, and unpredictable.I have had a wonderful experience in reading the series.I own all twenty-two books and have read the first seven so far. I recommend this series to anyone who is, has been or wants to be a soldier, or anyone who is interested in action/adventure books. ... Read more

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THE SHOOTER
Barry Sadler (the author of Casca and the Green Beret) doesn't dissapoint with this great book - his superb writing style and military knowledge combines well in this fast paced action/adventure novel.

Good Fun, Literary Slaughter...
Well, c'mon, I wasn't really expecting literature here, and I doubt you are either.Fortunately, literary slaughter isn't all that is going on is this yarn.This book is full of fire fights, torture, covert operations...it's got all kinds of good ol' masculine action in it.But some of the dialog is just terrible.There aren't really any deep plots, it is a pretty straight forward story, though the ending did surprise me a bit.It's not a happy tale; then again the subject matter isn't light.See the Amazon synopsis above for story basics.That said, it is a good, quick read, good for a trip or just an easy, entertaining read. ... Read more

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Doomed to wander the earth eternally as a soldier, Casca Longinus finds himself in the midst of World War I, fighting in the world's first modern war and envying those who are dying in droves all around him. Reissue. ... Read more

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CERTAINLY NOT SADLER'S BEST
I have been a long time Casca fan and started reading the series when it began years ago. This series by Barry Sadler has given me a lot of reading enjoyment over the years as I have to admit that I have read most of the books multiple times. I am sorry to say that this is not one of those that received a reread.

To be quite frank, this book is simply boring, poorly written, is full of errors and is simply not up to par with the earlier works. Some of the books of this series were and are much better than other, but this one is probably the worse of the lot. I noted that toward the end, each new story/book became less and less like the original workss, and I have grave doubts if Sadler even wrote them, or if he did, he only did an outline and someone else took over.

This story of course covers the World War One aspect of the long, long life of Casca, the Eternal Mercenary, doomed to fight on by Christ until he, Christ returns. The first chapter or so deals with street life in London, per WWI was not bad, but not great, but then goes down hill from there. We have none of the rather unique characters we usually find in this author's books, one of the strong points of the series, nor do we have the historical accuracy of most of the ealier books in this series which, while dramatized, were usually quite historically accurate and detailed, and had obviously been researched quite well. As one reviewer has pointed out, it would seem the author has watched a series of very badly done WWI movies to base his entire work on.

The writing style also seem quite different than that found in earlier works, again, it is simply boring and very repetitive. There is no spark. It is as though the author hurriedly beat this one out just to get another book, any book, on the shelf. The writing is simply inferior, poorly researched, poorly thought out and a dreg to read.

Needless to say, I have always been quite disappointed in this work and certainly do not recommend it.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

Digs a Trench thru your heart...
Barry Sadler wrote such awesome and wonderful pulp fiction stories in the Casca series. Unfortunately, this isn't one of them. Decent in terms of reading about living on the streets of early turn-of-the-century America, along with war in WWI.

But if I was a betting man, I'd bet this wasn't written by Barry. Perhaps partly, but not fully. The rough remnants of the Casca feel is there, but not as fully as past ones.

Poor offering - Casca's worst
Most of Casca's books are readable for either the characters or for the historical accuracy.This has neither and frankly was written by somebody who knew nothing about World War I other than from the cinema screen, which, as we all know, is hardly an accurate medium.Apart from the first chapter or so which was interesting about street life in 1914's London, this book offered no historical accuracy or characters you could identify with.Once the book got into the war, it was never ending and became rather predictable.I would have liked to see more dialogue between the main characters and expressions on how they felt rather than read about one attack after another.Yes, this is a war novel but other Casca's were better balanced.The writer (a ghost writer, not Sadler) was wrong about the Battle of Verdun and Romania joining the war.Both happened in 1916 yet this book took place in 1914. A poor book not to be read unless you're a Casca book collector, and then only once. ... Read more

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In a state of near despair, Casca leaves behind the now dreaded gates of the Persian Empire, and makes his way back to the Northlands. He seeks the walls of Helsfjord and the gates of The Hold. It was there, years before, that the Roman knew his happiest moments. Soon afterward he is found living among a pack of wolves as half-man, half-beast. For those unfortunate enough to stumble upon The Hold, he has become known as the ""Monster of the Mist,"" a primitive being who allows no man to escape his clutches alive. He is summoned back from his crazed state to face one of his most formidable foes, the would-be conqueror of all Europe, Attila the Hun. ... Read more

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Indian Summer for Sadler's writing
Barry Sadler's Casca books, 22 in all of the (currently written) 26, varied in quality.Some were very good, some ordinary and a couple simply awful.Most of this was due to Sadler's name being put to the work of ghost writers so you can excuse some of the bad novels being written by people who knew nothing of the character.As for Sadler himself, most of the time he managed to write punchy stories with good amounts of action and they rarely disappointed.

The Mongol was found on his PC after he died, almost completed.The last bit was finished off by a colleague (and if you look closely you can tell the difference in writing style from the rest of the novel).This was easily the best of the latter dozen of the books attributed to Sadler and concerned the early years of Genghis Khan's rise to power, guided by our eponymous hero afte rbeing rescued from a life of slavery fighting a-la Conan the Barbarian as a chained fighting dog against other slaves.

The process of moulding the disparate tribes of Mongolia into a fighting force is dealt with here, as Casca and the young Temujin - who would one day become Genghis Khan - gradually built up their followers and battled against the odds and jealous warlords to fashion the unstoppable Mongol Horde that would one day cover the biggest area any empire in history achieved.The relationship between the teacher (Casca) and the student (Temujin) is of interest and you can see how the Mongol grows into a confident young warlord and eventually outgrows his teacher.

The only gripe I had about this was the sudden ending and of course this is understandable as Sadler died before he could finish it.I am left wondering how he would have completed it, but that's something we can only ever guess at.

Mongol is unmemorable...
Although hailed as Barry Sadler's last Casca novel, I personally think Barry checked out way before this one. It was a sad and slow decline of this wonderful and unique series after Book # 14, The Phoenix.

After that, there were only a couple of decent reads. The beginning of this one was cool and interesting. The comparison to Conan does not bother me. I always loved Conan! And always thought that Conan and Casca had tons in common.

But, unfortunately, this novel let me down. The cover artwork was one of the best, however. It captured what Casca is supposed to look like - weathered and scarred. The artwork was better than the novel.

Casca#22: the Mongol
After spending 10 years in collecting the entire series of Casca books I was very eager to read about The Mongol which was the last but one I collected.Being something of a history nut I knew a fair bit about the history of Genghis Khan and found little in Barry Sadler's story thatdidn't sound true.I was however a little disappointed in the way thestory seemed to tail off and die.It was as though Sadler got a point inthe story and thought 'gee, better finish this quick as its getting a bitlong'.That aside the story told well the formative part of Genghis' riseto power - I particularly liked Casca's "Conan the Barbarian"role as the chained beast at the beginning.I was a bit puzzled at thecharacter of Qubilai - surely he was Genghis' grandson and never sawGenghis alive?No matter, the story was well written and was typicalSadler, action, adventure and mayhem.Sadler will be missed.

Good historical/action fiction
In this story Casca wanders to the Mongolian plains in the late 1100's to meet up with a young tribesman who will someday be known as Ghengis Kahn, leader of all Mongols. He takes this young kid and teaches him the skills that only someone with over a thousand years of experience could, how to fight, lead men, and wage war.

The Khan character was well developed. I actually did some research on Ghengis Kahn after I got done reading this book and found Sadlers research pretty sound. He did change some of the names of the key historical figures though, but I couldn't figure out what the reason for that was.

It is too bad we can't ask him. I'm sure he'd have a good reason behind it. ... Read more

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Thrust back in time to the era of pirates, Casca joins the ranks of the infamous Bluebeard and must lead a pack of cutthroats in an attempt to rescue Michelle LeBeau from her savage captor. Reissue. ... Read more

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Casca The Pirate
One of the later in Sadler's era as Casca writer.Quite possibly written by a ghost writer as the writing style differs widely from Sadler's early books which he definitely wrote.By this time Sadler was in Guatemala involved in other projects and writing the other series he is known for, the "Rossen" sniper series etc.

This story is set in 1718 and has Casca employed as a man sent to bring back a kidnapped girl from the clutches of a pirate.Casca finds that not all is as it seems and is kidnapped himself on the way andends up marooned on a desert island with two antagonistic groups of sailors for company.How he gets off the island and completes his mission is for the reader to discover.

This story is one of the least popular in the series, but to my mind not one of the worst.It has the feel of the period so the writer certainly is effective in bringing to reader into the period.Where it falls down is in the depth of character to Casca.You don't feel its really him. ... Read more

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'The Animal' is Classic Barry Sadler!
Being a huge fan of this author's hugely successful Casca series, I happend upon this little gem in the library.

The Moi, or 'animal' in vietnamese language, is about what Sadler knew best - the vietnam war and the American fighting soldier.

But there is a great twist. Instead of just showing and telling the reader about an American Green Beret's struggle as a POW, he also gives us great insight on the political and personal viewpoints of the 'enemy'. Great stuff.

Barry Sadler proves once again here that he was at the top of his game - and had personal knowledge of such things as war.

Along with its ramifications on 'both sides'. Often times hard to read of the American POW's abuse, still The Moi is a gripping tale of a man's inner strength when dealt a horrible hand, being caught by the Viet Cong and being humiliated and tortured and starved by a sadistic viet cong commander - who was fully trained by the US military itself!

A must read. ... Read more

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Cambodian jungle adventure
This was set in the 1970s shortly after Pol Pot and his charming Khmer Rouge cohorts took over Cambodia. Casca is recruited by a Chinese family to rescue trapped members of their family deep in Cambodia's jungle. Hot on his heels is a Colonel intent on securing prestige by capturing the Americans and the story involves the rescuers being one step ahead of the chasers through much of the latter part.
A one-off adventure story, I found some of the dialogue heavy going and the characters close to Casca too predictable and one-dimensional. The pace of the action was familiar Sadler and he felt much more at ease with the description of the environment, and you could clearly see he'd been there. ... Read more