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Conquering Casca!
This novel was a historical treat, but still somehow coming up short, overall. It could have been better.

But after reading some of the others after book 14, it definately could have been much worse.

The cover art is wonderful here. And the book, reminiscent of Book #2, God of Death, but not nearly as good, is still a crowning achivement in historical adventure.

Casca fans just want more action and adventure, watching to see how many ways Casca can die, only to come back to bloody life. Well worth your time.

Casca returns to the land of the Quetza
This story begins with a fascinating passage where casca is a prisoner of the Inquisition and has to endure all sorts of torture.Worth reading over and over again.Later he travels to Cuba and joins Cortes and his expedition to the Aztecs, in the campaign of 1519.

The book is well balanced between historical fact and the fiction of Casca's participation, and the final part where the conquistadors make their bid for freedom is full of tension and suspense.I particularly found the part where Casca returns to the place he visited centuries before compelling and memorable.

Definitely worth a read and Casca fans will enjoy this one. ... Read more

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Well worth checking out
I highly recommend buying this book, especially for some of the cheap prices people are offering it for. Barry Sadler is one of the few people who can write war novels and tell it how it really is.
He served 10 years with the special forces, fought in Vietnam himself as a Green Beret. So when he describes scenes in his story, he actually manages to make you feel like you can see and smell everything that his characters do.
He makes it so you wonder if it was maybe what he felt when he was over there, if it was what he saw.

a good book
A good book about the war. so real you say that that you there with sergent rossen and captin asher and that you talked to col.tomlin ... Read more

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casca the eternal mercenary
Awsome, I have read all of Berry Sadlers Casca Books and found myself not being able to put them down.Just wish someone would make a move of the whole collection.

William

Awesome must have
This book is great. I can't put it down. It is an easy read and the chapters are fairly short. The paperback is about 250pgs. I can't say enough good about this book. Please, check it out you will not be disappointed. ... Read more

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The Brotherhood of the Lamb concluded its sacred meeting and the Brothers dispersed to their separate nations and cities with but one identical message: ""Casca lives, and is in Persia..."" The Eternal Mercenary enters the gates of the Persian Empire to become commander of Shapur II's royal forces. One man will seek his downfall at all costs, Rasheed, advisor to the King and secret member of The Brotherhood. When he watches Casca's burning flesh turn to ash, he knows not even the seemingly immortal Roman can survive the all-consuming hunger of the sacred fire...or can he? ... Read more

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The Eternal Mercenary enters the gates of the Persian Empire to become commander of Shapur II's royal forces. But one man orchestrates Casca's downfall--Rasheed, advisor to the King and member of a sacred brotherhood, is thirsty for Casca's blood. "Sadler writes novels of men and glory."--People. Reissue. ... Read more

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NOT HIS BEST, BUT A GOOD STORY NEVER-THE-LESS
I am giving this one the four star rating simply as it is not one of the best in this great series. It is certainly not anywhere near the worse though, and is leaps above the books recently written in his name.Now don't get me wrong.Sadler is still holding to the original premise of the series and his writing skills are still being maintained.He has not gotten sloppy in this one as he did in some of the later books.Casca has returned from his long, long stay in China, ends up in Persia, as as Casca seems to always do, gets quite mixed up in the local wars going on at that time. Casca becomes one of the leading generals in the Persian Army, and of course, collects the enemies that go along with his particular occupation.The action is great.Sadler has done his research on this one and it is quite historically acurate.It was a very enjoyable read.Like another reviewer here though, I found the narration of our hero's love life a bit boring, and quite in the way of a good story.I get the impression that the author just threw that aspect in because, well, because he was Sadler.If you are a fan of the Eternal Mercenary, then you will enjoy this one and quit likely will not be disappointed..I know I was not.Highly recommend this one.

Casca's Persian Adventures
Casca returns from the Chinese empire and runs into Shapur II, the reigning king of the Persian Empire. Almost against his will, Casca joins theempire and becomes one of its greatest generals. As a whole, thisstory weaves good historical fact research with excellent militarystrategy. The battle scenes in this book are well planned and completelyoriginal. The major fallback to this novel is the woman whom Casca fallsfor. The story lacks a strong romantic base, and the romance detracts fromthe storyline and the series in general. All in all, this title lives up tothe series name and Sadler's writing ability. ... Read more

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Interest wanes - poor subject matter
Casca is portrayed in this novel seeking the Second Coming and, hearing of new gods being worshipped in the Pacific Islands, leaves the railroad gangs of post-Civil War America and ends up on one island seeking Jesus. Of course he doesn't find him and instead becomes embroiled in the politics of the community, bedding a series of nubile girls and ascending the social ladder until he ends up as one of the most important persons in the village.

There are cannibal feasts and a couple of skirmishes but overall this is not a particularly gripping book. One problem is that the subject matter isn't eye-catching. Books written about Rome or World War II or the Mongol Hordes of Genghis Khan, for example, immediately grab the reader's attention, but a book on Polynesian island life? Not really. There is an interesting mention towards the beginning that Casca fought on the Confederate side in the US Civil War and this prompted the writing of Casca 26: Johnny Reb which came out in October 2007, but generally speaking this novel was flat, tepid and weak. ... Read more

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BEST of the series!
This was the first of the Casca series that I read and it is absolutely outstanding to me at least.
Reading this Casca book got me hooked on the series and up until a few years ago, I had all of the series up till that time at least.
For those who might not know, the author and singer of "The Ballad of the Green Berets", SSgt Barry Sadler was the author of the original books!
This one and the entire series is well done! Highly recommended!

Russian Front Horrors endured by Casca
One of the series of books I read when in my late teens / early twenties was the Sven Hassell set written from the perspective of a German penal regiment on the Eastern Front.Although I no longer possess these, memories of those novels were brought back when I read through this story.It also reminded me, very closely, of the Sam Peckinpah film "Cross of Iron" starring Maximilian Schell, James Mason and James Coburn.In fact, so closely did this mirror that film that I'm tempted to suggest a little plagarism by Sadler, but even so, it made a good book.

The story picks up in 1943 on the eve of the fateful battle of Kursk when Casca returns to the front after a period of leave.The battle of course ends in defeat and a fair amount of the first 2/3rds of the book deals with the retreat and the struggle Casca's little band of men have in surviving and making it back to their own lines.Its very well written and compelling reading.

What catches the reader though is the sudden sea change in the last third.Suddenly we're out of the fighting and propelled into Germany where Casca turns on the SS and hard-core Nazis when he finally recognises the horrors that are being forced on the Jews and other groups of non-Aryans.Its as though Sadler, having put Casca on what may be regarded as the morally 'wrong' side, purges the guilt by having him turn on the Nazis.

Of course, its all a big conspiracy by the Brotherhood of the Lamb and the last part of the story, set in Berlin as the Russians close in, is a harrowing sequences of Hitler losing his grip on reality and Casca's existence amongst the rubble of the German capital.Excellent scene setting and the final pages unforgettable.One of the best Sadler written Cascas but because of the plagarism I'm docking it one star in my review.

ONE OF THE BEST OF THE CASCA BOOKS
Of the entire series, this is probably one of the top three or four written by Sadler.It rather amazes me that the author was able to get so much in so few pages.Sadler is able to capture the character of Casca very well in this one and developes other character or character types that will appear in later novels.The story is fast moving, yet detailed.The nice thing about the Casca books, is that after the first one is read, you really do not have to read them in order, each book is a good story within itself.Again, as with most of his novels, Sadler has done a wonderful bit of reasearch.This is certainly true of this one.The few errors he did make were of little moment.Very much recommend this one.

Casca's Russian Front a must!
Feel the biting cold of a Russian winter as Casca and his buddies try to make it back through enemy lines to safety!Not a book for the faint hearted or squeamish.Those who have ever read the Sven Hassel novels willenjoy this one, and I'd recommend watching the film "Cross ofIron" to get some idea of what Casca went through in this one.One ofthe best in the series, and see how Hitler REALLY died!

ANOTHER BARRY SADLER EPIC!
This should be all made into movies.Highlander stole the idea but it doesn't come near to this work of extrodinarry talent that Mr. Sadler had. This is a must read. ... Read more

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Casca Longinus emerges in modern times as Casey Romain, the man who must overthrow the regime of Matthew Dzhombe, crazed dictator of Kimshaka. Bringing down Dzhombe is the easy part. It's dealing with the treacheries of tribal politics and the fire of international war that's going to be tough. Reissue. ... Read more

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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.

Casca's African Adventure!
This was one of Barry Sadler's best modernistic Casca adventure.

Chock-full of action and adventure we all expect of an action/adventure series, along with hardcore men on a mission to assasinate an African madman bent on hostile takeover, Casca and his interesting mercenary friends, (solid characters from other novels like Gus and George and Van),fly into Africa and parachute into the stronghold of a tribal crazed madman, the huge Matthew Dzhombe.

Anything that can go wrong does, and after a double crossing, Casca and his mercenary friends are on the run through the wilds of the Dark Continent. (Casca even acts and thinks like Tarzan! Another one of my all-time favorite book characters.) And what you have left is a race against time, with hardcore action through and through!

This was better edited than the previous novel, Casca: The Legionnaire. And it was better written, showing the comfort levelthat Barry felt at writing this kind of stuff.

African escapade a tragedy
Yes, definitely similar to the Dogs of War by Frederick Forsythe, and alsoto the film Wild Geese (Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris etc). For those reasons I mark it down as it rather lacked an original flavourand the ending was somewhat predictable.The storyline parallels the fallof Idi Amin of Uganda in 1979 (the story seems to have taken place around1977 however)with a brutal dictator being overthrown by mercenaries. Casca's friend Gus comes along once again for one last mission.Goodaction and plenty of thrills but not original enough to be a classic.

Good basic Casca book
This one sort of reminded me of 'The dogs of war' by Fred Forsythe (sp?). I liked the way the story manages to move quickly while still being descriptive enough to give the reader an idea of what it is like in some of those messed up African countries. Gus is in this one too, which can only be a plus in my book. ... Read more

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Classic Barry
This is Barry at his finest. The story is richly detailed, and the pain that Casca must endure is laid for all to see. A fine story.

Top notch novel in the Casca series
Of all the 26 novels in the series to date, this must rank right at the top alongside Number 1.Its typical Sadler; punchy, to the point without being over descriptive yet it flows along beautifully so that the reader goes with the flow and doesn't want to put the book down.

Although classed as number 5 in the series its actually the second book sequentially and I believe in fact it was written shortly after Eternal Mercenary but wasn't published for some reason until much later.It's set in the 'Barbarian' lands of Germania and Scandia during the time of the Roman Empire and concentrates on one particular place, the fictitious Helsfjord.

Casca quits the civilised lands of the Empire, tired of the fighting, and meets with the tough German warrior Glam.The books tells of their developing friendship and such is the way Sadler wrote this character that he is often fondly recalled by many Casca readers even to this day.But what really sets this apart from the other Casca novels Sadler wrote is that the middle part is dedicated mainly to the blossoming love between Casca and the daughter of the lord of Helsfjord, Lida.Lida is blinded by her father and Casca thrown into prison as a result but Casca turns the tables later and kills the old man and takes Lida as his own and becomes the new lord.

The second half of the book deals with life in Helsfjord, and the reader can feel the happiness of the protagonist as he finally finds a place he can call home and a woman who can love him, for she is blind and cannot see he does not age.But you just know the end will come as eventually Lida falls ill and dies in the depths of winter, a sad end to a love affair.

The book ends there and Casca 2: God of Death picks up from this point.This book, Barbarian, is one of the best written of the series and balanced nicely between action, adventure and character development, something some of the series sadly neglected.

Casca series is fun and fantastic pulp fiction!
This early novel in the awesome Casca series by Barry Sadler marked one of his all-time great classics. In this story, Casca finally finds solace in Hellsfjord, and in the arms of a loving wife.

But doomed to outlive everyone around him, Casca soon finds himself in dire straits. Lots of high adventure in the grand tradition, Casca the Barbarian will surely entertain you on several levels. ... Read more

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Drowned but kept alive by an immortal curse, Casca Longinus is rescued from his watery hell many years later African villagers who believe the mercenary is a god sent to rescue them. Original. ... Read more

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Introduction to Casca
Casca the Liberator by Paul Dengelegi is the 23rd book in Barry Sadler's Casca Series .This book was written by Paul Dengelegi under Sadler's name.In this book, the ship Casca is traveling on is sunk by pirates off the coast of Africa.Casca spends years underwater until he is drug up by African fisherman who takes Casca to be a god who is going to free their village.This was my introduction to the Casca Series and I thoroughly enjoyed it.I'm going to track down the other books in the series at some point.

Nice try but no continuity. Disappointing.
I really enjoyed the Casca series and was excited when I first heard someone was trying to continue it. As I read the book, I became dissapointed especially with the first part of the book where Casca is trapped under a sunken boat at the bottom of the ocean. In other books with similar situations, Casca would have gone into a catatonic state of sorts. For example, I believe it was Casca: The Warlord where he was buiried alive and went into a sort of deep sleep. Another book where he got trapped in an underground river and was only 'awake' when his body surfaced in areas with 'air' pockets. So, while the parts about him waiting for a fish to swim close enough for him to catch and eat were mildly interesting, it really has no continuity with other events in the overall story line. That added to the slowing of pace in the middle of the story led to my overall disappointment.

Poor story lets down expectant readers
A few years back I reviewed this book in a more positive light but after reflection I have come to the conclusion this is in fact a vast disappointment.

Dr Dengelegi is to be applauded for keeping the Casca story alive but I feel that on balance it would have been best if he had not written his two books as they are rather poor in comparison.There are five points to be raised about the Liberator as an example:

Firstly, the character of Casca is amazingly passive.Sadler wrote Casca as an action figure, a decisive man which was what made Casca the success it was.This Casca is too ponderous, thought-wracked and indecisive.It simply isn't Casca.

Secondly the volume of the book is too much; the success of Casca was to rattle through with action.Remember who the target readership are, a turgid and ponderous plot that repeats itself with copious feasting is not what we casca fans wish to read.What next, Casca The Obese?

Thirdly if anyone writes a historical novel, even if its fictional, you must get the history right.Its no good writing a book, for example, set in the American Civil War where General Jackson wins the battle of Gettysburg in 1856 for the Confederates.Its not accurate history and makes a mockery of the historical setting.Dr Dengelegi in this instance makes a right mess of things by having Europeans being contracted by an African tribesman to bring a bride to his king.The setting of this story is between the years 1434-1440 and Europe was not even aware of Benin existing at that time, let alone having an African contact them (how, I ask, did this tribesman in fact contact them anyway??).Its implausible.

Fourthly when continuing a Casca series, you must be mindful of previous novels in the same series.Dr Dengelegi did not which is a cardinal sin.He has Casca at the end of the book on deck of Vasco da Gama's ship on the voyage to India which was in 1497; in the Conquistador by Barry Sadler Casca was a prisoner in Seville between 1485 and 1517.This was unforgiveable.

Fifthly there were many irrelevencies in the story and I feel that the publishers did not take the trouble to edit it which is a pity as about 40 pages could have been taken out without much trouble without affecting the overall storyline, a reduction of something like 15% of the volume.

A poor offering for people who expected greater things.

For more Casca see www.casca.net

WAY OFF THE MARK
Being a long time Casca/Barry Sadler fan, I was quite excited when I saw and bought this one.Oh my!This book is so off the mark from the orginal series is almost made me ill.I must admit I was unable to finish the thing.I will grant you that some of Sadler's work, some of the later books, were not up to the standard of his first four, but they were never the less interesting and readable.This one is not.You would think that the publishers could come up with something better than this to continue the series with. If you are along time Casca fan, you will be quite disappointed with this one...I would recommend you not even read it and certainly don't buy it..borrow it if you must. All in all, a really bad work.

Casca: The Defiant
Unlike most casca books, casca seems to be a supporting character in this book.The brotherhood normally could only mean the brotherhood of the lamb....now a different one shows up....whenever the doc has anything to do with experiencing casca's past, usually they meet....and at the end the good doctor finishes by giving the impresion he will write it all down and forward a copy to his old co...dr (col) landries)...was his tie in here out of context or just a way to show the readers that you had read one or two of his books (sadler) and know some of his characters names, but not their motives or how they fit in the grand scheme of the book....please reread the series to get a better feel for casca, how he deals with those of his past, his ways of communicating those stories, and how casca lived....no just a byline headed to an end...but actually what casca does and experiences... ... Read more

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Shipwrecked on a South Sea island inhabited by warrior tribes, Casca quickly proves himself fearless in combat with the help of the devastating power of a new and magical weapon. Reissue. ... Read more

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Interest wanes - poor subject matter
Casca is portrayed in this novel seeking the Second Coming and, hearing of new gods being worshipped in the Pacific Islands, leaves the railroad gangs of post-Civil War America and ends up on one island seeking Jesus.Of course he doesn't find him and instead becomes embroiled in the politics of the community, bedding a series of nubile girls and ascending the social ladder until he ends up as one of the most important persons in the village.

There are cannibal feasts and a couple of skirmishes but overall this is not a particularly gripping book.One problem is that the subject matter isn't eye-catching.Books written about Rome or World War II or the Mongol Hordes of Genghis Khan, for example, immediately grab the reader's attention, but a book on Polynesian island life?Not really.There is an interesting mention towards the beginning that Casca fought on the Confederate side in the US Civil War and this prompted the writing of Casca 26: Johnny Reb which came out in October 2007, but generally speaking this novel was flat, tepid and weak.

Heart of a Warrior
Here is where the cover artwork started making Casca looking like Fabio in romance novels. Great artwork, but bad rendition when others were so spot-on.

Anyway, this was a interesting, albeit sometimes dull, novel. Casca is shipwrecked on an island of cannibals. Fighting and surviving like a savage, (I love this kind've stuff!), was the good part of the story. But it just didn't have that ebb and flow that it should've. Like Barry was running out of time and/or gas.

The most memorable part is when Casca has to eat a fried penis of his slain enemy. It is an insult to the cannibal chieftan if not done, believed to instill the slain warrior's strength into one's soul if consumed. The details still stick to me this very day, 14 years later.

Not the best of the Casca books.
Not the best of Sadler's books. OK but slow starting and never really picks up. ... Read more

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Byzantine revenge - a good one
My particular interest in medieval history is Byzantium and this novel, set in 6th century Constantinople, certainly had me eagerly turning the pages.I wasn't disappointed either, as this story, essentially one of tragedy and revenge, ranks amongst my personal top ten Casca stories.

The start was a little shaky however, with the number of years that passed from the end of the preceding story (Casca 7 The Damned) and when this was supposed to be set being awry, and one small error by the writer in naming the wrong Roman general (Stilicho instead of Aetius).Those aside, once the story settled down it was a page turner, always a good sign.

The first part was set in the Alps with Casca saving a village from bandits and then wandering off and getting entombed in a cave of ice overlooking the village's valley (therefore becoming the Sentinel).When the village is attacked again about 35-45 years later, a young girl secretly in love with the Sentinel revives him and Casca once again saves them all.The girl, Ireina, has been raped by the bandits and eventually gives birth to a son, Demos.Casca assumes fatherhood and together the three travel to Constantinople.

Here the story develops into a typical Casca story with him enlisting in the army and going off to fight for the Empire in North Africa.But here a sub-plot develops with the Brotherhood of the Lamb, entrenched in the city, finding Ireina and Demos and taking them captive.Casca fights his usual battle and wins but then is compelled to return to the city when he gets informed of the kidnapping.

By this time Constantinople is plague-ridden and against this backdrop of pestilence Casca enters the fray.The last part of this novel concerns the death of Ireina and Demos and Casca's enraged course of vengeance against the Elder of the sect, Gregory.The chase across Asia is one of the all-time chase sequences and the final scene tragic and at the same time satisfying.But we are left at the end with Casca weary, lonely, bitter and saddened.Its not really a happy ending in that respect, and this is where so far the continuous life story of Casca from the time of the crucifixion comes to an end and we have to jump a number of centuries to the next tale.

I'd like to see more Casca novels set in this period.

One of the Best!!
The Sentinel is one of my all-time favorite Casca novels. Overall, it has everything that Casca fans thrill for. High octane action and adventure, filled with historical detail, along with the Brotherhood at its bloody worst.

Casca dies another death, frozen for many years, only to be thawed out by a beautiful dame. He even gets a son!! That was awesome and different all unto itself. But then Barry Sadler throws in more. He gives us sadness and revenge of the best variety. He was very skilled at that.

This is a must own and read. Casca at the very top of his game.

Definitely the best of the Casca series
Barry Sadler's Casca series tended to be very inconsistent.The earliest novels were generally (but not always) the better of the bunch, and "The Sentinel" was definitely his peak.Several Casca novels were indifferently plotted, and very badly edited.Sadler was not a meticulous writer on his own, and needed a good editor to clean up his often clumsy prose and bad grammar.

"Casca: The Sentinel" combined one of Sadler's best Casca plots with good editing.The prose is snappy, the action is nearly non-stop, and the story is genuinely tragic.The anguish of Casca's curse of eternal life is bluntly illustrated.There is no happy ending for Casca in this story - just heartache tempered only by a bloody revenge against the murderer of his family and friends.I often wish that Sadler could have gotten around to writing another Casca novel immediately after the events of "Sentinel" - it would have been interesting to read how Casca recovered from his grief and depression - but unfortunately Sadler's death prevented that.

This is the best of the Casca series, and definitely recommened.

Worth a read - one of the best Cascas
This is a story of a man's love for his adopted family and of revenge woven into the usual warrior-style book Barry Sadler penned.For that reason its one of the superior Casca novels and shouldn't be missed infavour of one of the turkeys he later wrote.There is also a fairlyaccurate historical account of the fall of the Vandal kingdom in northAfrica, too.

One of the best written of the Casca series
There are many reviews here of the books in the Casca series, and little need to review the underlying premise in detail - if you are here, you've read at least one, and know that Casca is the Wandering Noncom - doomed to be a mercenary till Christ returns.

The series is engaging, and this isone of the best.If you have not yet read any, begin with the first if youpossibly can. then read a few others. Only with a few Cascas under yourbelt will you appreciate this book as the essence of the series.

It issparse, well written, and gives more insight into Casca than most of theother books. If you have read Casca, but not this one, seek it out.

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Casca, the Eternal Mercenary, is captured by the fanatical Hashishi and forced to commit murder in the name of Hassan al Sabah, but he will risk everything to find a life of a his own. Reissue. ... Read more

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Ghost writing....?
This novel started out fantastic - like many others - but then fell way short of expectation of fans. I like that Casca got hooked on hashish. That made him come across as totally human, especially for modern-day people reading about someone in the distant past getting hooked on drugs that are used now in out world.

But hardcore fans could detect a writing change in the series. Was this co-written with another? It certainly seemed so. Although not his worst, far from his best.

NOT THE BEST IN THE SERIES
I gave this one three stars rather than the two I probably should, due simply to the fact that it is a Casca book and is supposedly by Sadler.This is number thirteen in the series and is certainly not up to the good read the first several books were.I rather think I agree with the other reviewer here in that I suspect that this was, at least in part, written by someone other than the author, i.e. Sadler.The story seems rather thrown together and almost follows some sort of formula.Certainly the spirt of Casca was not there.On the other hand, reading it did me no real harm, it was kinda fun, and only took a couple of short sessions.Recommend it simply as it is a part of the series, but don't expect too much out of this one. On the other hand again, it is still far, far better than the recent two attempts by the publisher to bring back Casca.

The Assassin
Further to my review below it seems to me that many of Sadler's later books were written by ghost writers as the style widely differed.In this book it first began to be noticeable, and really is a bit too neatly packaged, particularly at the end where everything is neatly and conveniently tidied up.Its a little too unbelievable which spoils the storyline.

Otherwise the story is ok, without being anywhere near the classic of early Sadlers in this series.

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Casca The Assassin is Assassinated
I was quite disappointed with this story - it had the feel of being rushed through and had far too many convenient meetings and solutions at the end.Some of Sadler's books are good in parts, others good all through.This was assassinated after about one third of the way in!Maybe it waswritten in one afternoon and there were cakes in the oven... not one of hisbest but a few good points?Well, the induction into the Assassins waswell written and the Arabic characterization was good. ... Read more