The Damned

Sadler does real history within this book making the background to his story telling more interesting than the puerile adventures of his immortal mercenary. The author is starting to get more confidence in his story telling and that makes this one of the better stories in the series.......more

This one covers a lot of ground to have such a small page count. Leaving Persia, Casca wants only to return to his native Rome. Christianity is now in vogue and the gladiatorial games have deteriorated into a spectacle of pain, misery, and depravity. Sick to his soul, Casca seeks refuge in his homest......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

There is a scene in this book where Attila the Hun and Aetius, the Roman commander, meet to parlay on the battlefield before the great battle of the book. Here Aetius taunts Attila with a vial of urine. This causes Attila to rage, which results in him making several mistakes on the battlefield. It i......more

In this seventh book in the series, Casca ends up losing himself for a while in a dark depression that sees him revisit the site of a previous book, Helsfjord, where he was lord of the keep and lived with a long time love, Lida. While there, Casca goes wild, but comes around when a young, wounded ma......more