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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
CASCA: Just doing a job on the African continent,
By James D. Crabtree "Doc Crabtree" (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: The African Mercenary (Casca, No. 12) (Paperback)
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.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
African escapade a tragedy,
By Tony Roberts (Bristol, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The African Mercenary (Casca, No. 12) (Paperback)
Yes, definitely similar to the Dogs of War by Frederick Forsythe, and also to the film Wild Geese (Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris etc). For those reasons I mark it down as it rather lacked an original flavour and the ending was somewhat predictable. The storyline parallels the fall of Idi Amin of Uganda in 1979 (the story seems to have taken place around 1977 however)with a brutal dictator being overthrown by mercenaries. Casca's friend Gus comes along once again for one last mission. Good action and plenty of thrills but not original enough to be a classic.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Good basic Casca book,
By E8creep@worldnet.att.net (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The African Mercenary (Casca, No. 12) (Paperback)
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.
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