Casca:The Liberator: Casca Series #23

Casca the pacifist. Great discriptions but lack action the fight scenes every chapter as in Barry Sadler books. I'm hoping they improve as I get Dengeligi's other books. BUT I only get audio books Gene Engili's reading is PERFECT as usual. Am worried only one more unabridged book on audio.

Continuing with the story

I read a book of from the casca series(#2)for the first time in 1987, and I was hooked. I have read the entire series a number of times over the years. Most were interesting and exciting, while some seemed to have been hastily written without much thought. They all, however, took me with them through the centuries as if I was really there. I would like to commend Mr. Dengelegi for attempting to continue the Casca series, but after reading his first endeavor, I was very disappointed. I can only hope his future novels will improve with experience.The Character was so different from Casca he doesn't even qualify to be the same person. Casca dies then lives again once, the situation permits, enduring the agony of living again. This guy lives and breathes under water, and fights with a spear through his heart and lungs. Get the character right. Casca was more like a spectator through most of the book. The action was chopped up with excessive descriptions. He did very little speaking. All he did was think. If you take out most of this there wouldn't be much book left. The book was basically boring. Casca should be in the thick of the action, not loafing around getting fat with a woman and her two overly young daughters for chapter after chapter. This was the first time I was relieved when I finished a book from the casca series.Mr. Dengelegi, please try again, just don't try and change the character too much. Casca is Casca not a philosopher.

Barry Saddler conceived of such a wonderful idea to explore military history through the eyes of a fictional character who is immortal, but just a common soldier. He couldn't write them fast enough for me. He awakened a hunger for history in me that I have pursued for 15 years since. Mr. Dengelegi seems to understand this. He seems to have captured the essence of Casca's personality. I felt I knew this character as an old friend. He did not quite feed me with the historical detail I crave in this series, but it's a good start. The proofreaders missed a few more things than I would normally recognize in a book, but not enough to deter me from anxiously awaiting the next book. Write fast Paul.

Doesn't really grab me like the original ones

This series, written largely by the former Nam Green Beret, Barry Sadler, are surprisingly good. They are more than the usual slash and fornicate stories; the historical detail behind them is well researched.

I have been a huge fan of Barry Sadler for many years now. It was very sad to hear of his death, and the likely end to the character of Casca: The Eternal Mercenary. It was a great surprise to one day find that the series has been continued. Casca The Liberator, I believe has taken the character to a new level. Barry Sadler had a knack to place Casca in an exciting time period and perilous adventure, however little else. Once that was established, the books just carried on with death after death, without much depth of character or storyline. Still, I loved the series. Dr. Dengelegi has taken it one step further, with layer upon layer of character development and a frightening journey into the tortured mind and soul of Casca Longinus. I loved the experience. And that is the operative word. I lived every emotion, smell, taste and feeling of the new Casca. There is enough mystery, history, adventure and romance for anyone. I have recomended this book to friends, male or female. There is much more to this book than many of the reviewers have given it credit. "Dull and uninspired"? Not at all. Some may have sadly shied away from the new author or the uncomfortable truth the book deals with, and that is unfortunate. I look forward to Casca #24. Long live Casca!

Not the type of book I would usually read, seemed more like a "guy" book, yet I had decided to give it a chance. I had never read any of the previous books which made some of it confusing and difficult to follow. Soon I came to realize the author was creating a whole world for me to enjoy, the world Casca found himself in and the tortured and anguished world of his mind. The detail some of the previous reviewers found too much, was the same detail that created the whole world around Casca. I could feel his thoughts, wants and desires while at the same time I emersed myself in the adventure he was living. It would have been dissapointing to follow the Eternal Mercenary on a road littered by corpses, something I feel some of the other reviewers found lacking. A terminator Casca is not. He is a complex character who found himself in a critical point in history. There is much more to this book than meets the eye. I look forward to reading it again. The author did great.