Whatever it is, god of death is one of the few books where cascas premise. Barry sadler and the casca the eternal mercenary book series an absolute classic. Casca is a series of paperback novels, created and written by author barry sadler in 17. Casca casca is a former unit commander of the band of the. The war lord, 3, casca travels to 3rd century byzantium and china, where he is. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, a soldier in the roman legions who is cursed by christ on golgotha for driving a spear into him. Marcus junius brutus the youngergaius cassius longinus 4 gaius cassius longinuspublius servilius casca longus 4 julius caesarcalpurnia pisonis 2 gaius cassius longinustitinius 2 calpurnia pisonisporcia catonis 1 mark antonyjulius caesar 1 marcus junius brutus the youngerjulius caesar 1 julius caesarporcia catonis 1. An old tv series with an immortal being hunted with. From cannes spyder comments on michael bay and casca.
This website is dedicated to the character created by the late author barry sadler. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for him to return. Customer service books new releases gift ideas god of death casca #2 by. The curse of casca rufio longinus a poem by sgt b all. Casca rufio longinus was the soldier who pierced jesus side with a. The eternal mercenary is a series of twentytwo books written by barry sadler. Anyone interested in historical fiction andor immortality should definitely read this book if not the entire series of 22 books spanning 2000 years. Thus its perhaps fitting that a middling series ended for a time on such a middling. The persian casca series book 6 barry sadler author. He drinks, gambles, and whores his way through life until he reaches a crucial crossroads christs crucifixion. I drowned while i was lost at sea, then my body renewed on shore. Number 30 in a series originally written by barry sadler, casca. Good bunch of books, but later on in the series they got a bit stupid.
The eternal mercenary novels 122 +duplicate by barry sadler vintage pbs. God of death casca series book 2 barry sadler author gene engene. Chalker wrote a fivebook series called the well world saga in which it is mentioned many times that the creator of the universe, a man named. There can only be one eternal mercenary rogue blades. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, the soldier in the roman. Affiliations too many to list, but some of the more prominent are roman legion, wwii german panzer force, french legionnaires in vietnam, almost everyone in the middle east at some point or another allies once again, too many to name, as hes been around since jesus death and. Casca rufio longinus is an exroman legionary who was. The war lord casca series book 3 barry sadler author gene engene. Casca rufio longinus believe it or not the casca series has been undergoing a long term process of turning it into ebooks. A flurry of activity to resolve this medical miracle ensues, and once he awakens in hospital, cascas twothousandyear history is narrated to the surgeon in charge of his case. Thus began the series and adventures of casca across twothousand years. Forever fighting, surviving, waiting for him to return. In one book, he attempted to give a blood transfusion. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, the soldier.
More recent book series in the science fiction and fantasy fields offer good. Casca is a series of paperback novels, and since january 2014, ebooks as well, created. Ingram cursed by christ on golgatha, casca longinus wanders the globe, forever fighting. The eternal mercenary is a series of military adventure novels created by american novelist barry sadler. He is condemned by christ to walk the earth as a soldier until they meet again at the second coming. Collecting and reselling science fiction and fantasy series. The eternal mercenary is lightweight sleaze, but its good lightweight sleaze.
Casca series casca is a series of historical fantasy novels created by author barry sadler in 17. In the eternal mercenary casca life goes from soldier, to slave, to extreme popularity very quickly, but i dont want to give too much away. This series of novels is continued by british writer tony roberts following the death of barry sadler. The series i ve overlooked, i recently read the first casca novel, the eternal.
The series revolves around a fictious roman soldier casca rufio longinus who stabbed the spear into christ side that was cursed by jesus. Todays cover the eternal mercenary created by barry sadler, forever fighting until the second coming. The eternal mercenary by barry sadler january 30, 2014. In over 50 novels casca fights throughout 2,000 years of history, from the time of the caesars to the modern day.
Casca series books 1 3, eternal mercenary, god of death, war lord. Posts about casca rufio longinus written by kmabarrett. Casca rufio longinus, the soldier in the roman legions who drove the holy lance into the side. Cursed to live and fight as a soldier through millennia, the eternal mercenary.
The second novel, god of death, takes him from the barbarian. Casca the eternal mercenary all the tropes wiki fandom. Helmet is a series of novels in paperback, and from january 2014, as well as books. The eternal mercenary by barry sadlercasca ebooks, 2014originally published by. Read the trench soldier by barry sadler casca series, book 21 from books in book. The pirate by barry sadler casca series, book 15 from. Barry sadler and the casca the eternal mercenary book. The eternal mercenary is a series of military adventure novels created by. The stories revolve around the exploits of casca rufio longinus, the roman legionary who drove the holy lance into the side of jesus christ on golgotha. Quetza in god of death, karl langer in panzer soldier, casey romain in the eternal. Toxic blood cascas blood is a deadly poison to any living thing.
For the first time in the series, a novel confines itself to one conflict, and casca only goes where the war takes him. This website is dedicated to the history, character and novels of this immortal soldier. The character casca rufio longinus of the casca adventure novel series originated by barry sadler is loosely based on the longinus legend. Casca series project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. As a result of this action, casca is cursed with immortality, and he is to wander the earth. Series description casca is a series of paperback novels, and since january 2014, ebooks as well, created and written by author barry sadler in 17. The series takes its name from the hero of the series, casca rufio longinus. Barry sadler began his casca series in 17 with the novel the eternal mercenary. My boss was kind enough to loan me the first in the series over christmas break. Immortal dragon casca the eternal mercenary, volume 2 by michael b. In roar, a tv series starring heath ledger, one of the major villains was longinus sebastian roché, an immortal cursed by god for interfering with his plans. The first casca novel, the eternal mercenary, introduced casca rufio longinus. Casca is a series of historical fantasy novels created by author barry sadler.
The sect worships the spear of longinus at prayer times with a form of central focus. Cursed to live and fight as a soldier through millenia, the eternal mercenary finds himself deep in the misty heart of a jungle war. Sadlers casca series features the immortal casca longinus, the. Publius servilius casca longus works archive of our own. The curse is soldier, you are content with what you are. For those who dont know, the casca series depicts the journeys of casca rufio longinus variety spelled it wrong longiness, the. The website dedicated to the character casca rufio longinus, run by casca author tony roberts. Casca longinus, cursed by christ on golgotha, condemned to outlive the. Casca was also a prisoner of the brotherhood, in casca #18. The casca books were a mens adventure series of the top order.
The first book tells his origin as a simple roman soldier who stabs a certain. Cursed by christ on golgotha, casca longinus is condemned to live out the ages and wander the globe a constant. The cambodian jungle is an easy place to die for most men, but not casca longinus. Casca series by barry sadler meet your next favorite book. Casca eternal mercenary barry sadler novels character. Casca the killer is the latest edition to the continuing casca series by the great tony roberts.
Casca the eternal mercenary by barry sadler audiobook. Book 1 shelve the eternal mercenary book 2 shelve god of death book 3 shelve the war lord book 4 shelve panzer soldier. Because the concept is so fruitful, the casca series currently spans 47. Sadler wrote the first twentytwo novels in the series. The stories revolve around the exploits of casca rufio longinus, the roman.
Casca is a series of historical fantasy novels created by author barry sadler in 17. Time as a roman soldier, casca rufio longinus, a legionnaire assigned to the province of judea. Casca is the roman soldier who plunges his spear into the side of jesus on the cross at golgotha and is cursed to wander the world forever until the two should meet again. Condemned to outlive the ages and wander the globe a constant soldier. Casca rufio longinus is the roman soldier who pierced jesus side with a spear. The panzer soldier casca series book 4 barry sadler author gene engene. Stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, a soldier in the roman. While initially written by barry salder of ballad of the green berets fame, ghostwriters took up the job in the late 80s.
Casca, panzer soldier the eternal mercenary, book 4 by barry sadler, 4. The eternal mercenary created by barry sadler, forever fighting until the second coming. Casca rufio longinus, in the casca novel series by barry sadler, accidentally ingests some of christs blood after lancing him. And this first novel is the story of how he became the eternal mercenary. Casca books in chronological order god bless the little man. As the second installment of the casca series, the god of death continues the story of the main protagonist casca. The war lord is the third installment of the casca series and this time the. There have been various issues that the publisher has experienced and most of them have had something to do with converting the older books 1 to 24 into digital format. This was one of barry sadlers best modernistic casca adventure.
The eternal mercenary is the first installment in the casca series and is a modern blend of two primeval legends. As the astonished staff looks on, his tissues visibly repair themselves. Following exchanges of emails and a phone call between the publisher and myself, its been agreed to stop the sales of the current issue of casca 38 and do a. For his efforts casca was doomed to wander the earth aimlessly, always as a soldier. A the eternal mercenary casca series book 1 barry sadler author gene engene narrator. The roman centurion longinus is the first legend in the casca series and was. Casca longinus, cursed by the crucified christ on the hill called golgotha, is condemned to outlive the ages wandering as a mercenary soldier. Where novels in the series have been written, they will appear in title as published. This series is about a guy named casca rufio longinus.
Now a roman legionary called casca rufio longinus, acting as part. The next two novels were written by paul dengelegi. I apologize for the lack of links, casca is a bookonly character. Casca series academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. As a soldier of spanish conquistador hernan cortes, casca returns. In this video i take a look at all the barry sadler casca the eternal merc. He first meets casca in the eternal mercenary when the latter was brought into the. World war i began with the assassination of an obscure archduke. At jesus crucifixion, casca rufio longinus, is cursed with immortality and. Casca series books 1 3, eternal mercenary, god of death, war lord audio cd by. A slave of the savage tatars, casca is a champion in the bloodsports tha. This website is dedicated to the history, character.
And for casca, the eternal mercenary, there was only the horror of a new kind of war and a bitter envy for the dead. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. And since that moment, casca rufio longinus has remained just as. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, the soldier in the roman legions. While initially written by barry sadler of ballad of the green berets fame, ghostwriters took up the job in the late 80s. The curse of casca rufio longinus i fought and died in vietnam, but ive died many times before. Casca, also known as casca rufio longinus, is a series of paperback novels 28. Forever fighting and surviving, he must wait for christ to return. Casca is a downtoearth, practical man who is content with his life as a soldier, and enjoys the rituals of daily life as a roman.
Barry sadler and the casca the eternal mercenary book series an. #, the eternal mercenary the sentinel by sadler, barry and a great selection of related books. The final casca book credited to barry sadler regardless of its actual. Download casca the samurai casca series 1 manual online. Casca this time is in a no win scenario with the french foreign legion in the war for algerias independence. Publication order of casca books with tony roberts, michael b. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, the soldier in the roman legions who drove the holy lance into the side of jesus christ on golgotha, and in the novels who is doomed by jesus to wander the earth aimlessly, always as a soldier, until the second.
Casca is a series of paperback novels, and since january 2014, ebooks as well, created and written by author barry sadler in 17. The stories revolve around the life of casca rufio longinus, the soldier in the. Barry sadler has written a series of books featuring a character called casca rufio longinus who is a combination of two characters from christian folklore, saint longinus and the wandering jew. Chockfull of action and adventure we all expect of an actionadventure 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. After sadlers death in 18, other authors have written the rest, the most notable being tony roberts. Although most of his novels in the series were likely ghostwritten, the final novel credited to him was the mongol in 10.
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