Today’s book review is for “Casca: The War Lord” (1980©) written by Barry Sadler. This is book three in the “Casca – The Eternal Mercenary” series. This is a re-read for me. My first reading would have been sometime in the early to mid-1980’s. | |
Casca is Casca Rufio Longinus, the legendary Roman soldier who slayed Christ with a spear. Just prior to dying, the Messiah tells Casca: “You are satisfied with what you are and so you shall remain until we meet again.” Thus began the (series and) adventures of Casca across two-thousand years (and counting). | |
In this volume, Casca decides to make his first visit to China. As is the case with most of series, Casca has various adventures along the way, the most memorable being the temporary loss of his left hand in the discovery of the “Brotherhood of the Lamb”. Of course, because he can never die and must remain as he is (was), his hand painfully reattaches. The “Brotherhood” is a league of “crazy” religious fanatics who seek to follow and keep track of Casca, so they can honor Jesus and hasten the 2nd coming. Of course, they hate Casca and seek to cause him as much physical pain as they can while waiting for Jesus. | |
Anyway, after multiple adventures, Casca ends up meeting and serving the Emperor, for which he is granted the title. | |
The book is a fast read as is typical of this series and many of the “male adventure-series” from that time period. If you are “into” this genre (and I am), you will thoroughly enjoy this book (and I did). I particularly like the historical fiction aspect of the series. Highly recommended. | |
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The War Lord
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