The Sentinel (Casca, No 9) [Paperback]

Barry Sadler (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Jove (July 15, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 051509997X
• ISBN-13: 978-0515099973
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,734,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best written of the Casca series, April 22, 2000

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Larsen E. Whipsnade "A Serious Fields Fan" (Punxsutawney, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sentinel (Casca, No 9) (Paperback)

There are many reviews here of the books in the Casca series, and little need to review the underlying premise in detail - if you are here, you've read at least one, and know that Casca is the Wandering Noncom - doomed to be a mercenary till Christ returns.

The series is engaging, and this is one of the best. If you have not yet read any, begin with the first if you possibly can. then read a few others. Only with a few Cascas under your belt will you appreciate this book as the essence of the series.

It is sparse, well written, and gives more insight into Casca than most of the other books. If you have read Casca, but not this one, seek it out.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read - one of the best Cascas, June 27, 2000

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tony roberts - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sentinel (Casca, No 9) (Paperback)

This is a story of a man's love for his adopted family and of revenge woven into the usual warrior-style book Barry Sadler penned. For that reason its one of the superior Casca novels and shouldn't be missed in favour of one of the turkeys he later wrote. There is also a fairly accurate historical account of the fall of the Vandal kingdom in north Africa, too.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely the best of the Casca series, May 18, 2005

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W. Timothy Holman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sentinel (Casca, No 9) (Paperback)

Barry Sadler's Casca series tended to be very inconsistent. The earliest novels were generally (but not always) the better of the bunch, and "The Sentinel" was definitely his peak. Several Casca novels were indifferently plotted, and very badly edited. Sadler was not a meticulous writer on his own, and needed a good editor to clean up his often clumsy prose and bad grammar.

"Casca: The Sentinel" combined one of Sadler's best Casca plots with good editing. The prose is snappy, the action is nearly non-stop, and the story is genuinely tragic. The anguish of Casca's curse of eternal life is bluntly illustrated. There is no happy ending for Casca in this story - just heartache tempered only by a bloody revenge against the murderer of his family and friends. I often wish that Sadler could have gotten around to writing another Casca novel immediately after the events of "Sentinel" - it would have been interesting to read how Casca recovered from his grief and depression - but unfortunately Sadler's death prevented that.

This is the best of the Casca series, and definitely recommened.