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Casca: The Persian (Casca, No. 6)

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Casca returns from the Chinese empire and runs into Shapur II, the reigning king of the Persian Empire. Almost against his will, Casca joins the empire and becomes one of its greatest generals. As a whole, this story weaves good historical fact research with excellent military strategy. The battle scenes in this book are well planned and completely original. The major fallback to this novel is the woman whom Casca falls for. The story lacks a strong romantic base, and the romance detracts from the storyline and the series in general. All in all, this title lives up to the series name and Sadler's writing ability.

I am giving this one the four star rating simply as it is not one of the best in this great series. It is certainly not anywhere near the worse though, and is leaps above the books recently written in his name. Now don't get me wrong. Sadler is still holding to the original premise of the series and his writing skills are still being maintained. He has not gotten sloppy in this one as he did in some of the later books. Casca has returned from his long, long stay in China, ends up in Persia, as as Casca seems to always do, gets quite mixed up in the local wars going on at that time. Casca becomes one of the leading generals in the Persian Army, and of course, collects the enemies that go along with his particular occupation. The action is great. Sadler has done his research on this one and it is quite historically acurate. It was a very enjoyable read. Like another reviewer here though, I found the narration of our hero's love life a bit boring, and quite in the way of a good story. I get the impression that the author just threw that aspect in because, well, because he was Sadler. If you are a fan of the Eternal Mercenary, then you will enjoy this one and quit likely will not be disappointed..I know I was not. Highly recommend this one.