The Assassin

"Casca: The Assassin" by Barry Sadler is a thrilling addition to the long-running Casca series. In this 13th book, Casca is captured by the fanatical Hashishi, a group of assassins who serve the mysterious Hassan al Sabah. Casca is forced to commit murder after murder, using his incredible skill at......more

Casca gets indoctrinated in to the cult of the Assassins who use hash hish to brainwash him into killing their enemies until he is finally caught. I liked this book but it was not as exciting as the other adventures since it was mostly escape from torture and surviving a bottomless pit. What it need......more

This is the worst Casca book so far in my opinion. It didnt teach me any history, the plot was meandering and aimless, the characters instantly forgettable and action mediocre at best. Casca seemed to have forgotten all he'd learnt over the previous 1000 years and there was no explanation why he wen......more

Not Sadler's best work; he introduces Casca into the Cult of the original Assassins. Casca has several pieces of bad luck before being stuck in an underground river for two years between life and death. He does meet Omar Kayam.......more