The Conquistador

Sadler is giving Casca some humanity in an inhumane world and realizes that his stories can give a bit of the feeling of history while entertaining his reader. I was entertained and distracted enough that I got to momentarily forget the chaos that is happening around us. These are available at Scrib......more

Casca returns to Mexico! This time he is part of a crew of Spanish Conquistadors. It was foretold he would return, he even threatened that he would, but everyone who remembered is long gone and everything about his last visit is just legend. Casca uses modern turns of phrase that might irritate or bo......more

So you just a soldier doing your job. You shove a spear tip into the side of this supposed messiah, except he is the real thing. He curses you to wander the earth till his return. Not bad right, immortality and all. Oh but he also curses you to be a soldier forever at war, never to know peace. This......more

Casca 10: The Conquistador is an action-packed historical fiction novel by Barry Sadler that follows the immortal soldier, Casca, on his journey with the Spanish Conquistador, Hernan Cortes, during the conquest of the Aztec Empire. The book is a part of the long-running Casca series, which revolves......more

This was one of the more interesting books in the Casca series for several reasons. While there was a small love interest, it didn't result in Casca taking an action that would change things. Second, I thought it presented a different side of Casca as he returned the Mexico to see if the people were......more