Roman legionnaire..his name?

[waverley92]

Can somebody tell me the name of the series that had a Roman legionnaire condemned to living forever. There was a whole series of these book relating his adventures throughout history. I believe if he did get killed he recovered and came to life. Is there also a website devoted to this character?

[PMP Webmaster]

Casca, the Eternal Mercenary, written by Barry Sadler. From the back copy:

"Casca Longinus, Cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving, waiting for Him to return."

I happen to have one of these, #21: The Trench Soldier. It's Casca in WW1 (of course), published in February of 1989 by Jove Books. It's been ages since I've read it, but I do remember it was fairly decent.

A quick Google search turned up the following page. Apparently book #21 is one of the last books he wrote, since he apparently died seven months after it was published.

www.barrysadler.com/home.htm

[waverley92]

thanks for that....you have started me on the long road to discovering a new hero...there are several websites devoted to casca so it is a great discovery

[PMP Webmaster]

I have to admit I haven't looked too hard for other volumes in that series, but it's a very cool idea - being able to drop your hero into pretty much any time, any where. Sort of like a paperback variant of the Highlander TV series (although I'm sure Casca would never sport that supid-looking ponytail...).

[Django The Bastard]

Here's an interesting Casca website...most interesting thing seems to be that NEW Casca adventures are coming...check it out at...

www.geocities.com/tony_roberts_bristol/Casca-Longinus.html

[Blue Tyson]

I read the first one of these, quite enjoyed it.