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Casca #50
The Commissar
Part of the defeated Romanian army in 1917, Casca joins the Russians just as their own forces are falling apart. With revolution looming, the Eternal Mercenary has to decide which side of the rapidly forming opposing sides in the imminent civil war to take.
Choosing the Red Army, he takes part in the formulative stages of the conflict in the newly-independent Ukraine, advancing and retreating with the fluctuating fortunes of the war.
It is only when the darker side of Communist doctrine rears its head does Casca, now a commissar in the Soviet forces, turn against his erstwhile comrades, and during the harsh winter of 1919 attempts to flee the civil war as murder and butchery from both sides threaten to overwhelm the region.
He will have to use all his skills learned over his nineteen centuries of life if he is to escape either side, along with the woman who has joined his effort to get away.
Choosing the Red Army, he takes part in the formulative stages of the conflict in the newly-independent Ukraine, advancing and retreating with the fluctuating fortunes of the war.
It is only when the darker side of Communist doctrine rears its head does Casca, now a commissar in the Soviet forces, turn against his erstwhile comrades, and during the harsh winter of 1919 attempts to flee the civil war as murder and butchery from both sides threaten to overwhelm the region.
He will have to use all his skills learned over his nineteen centuries of life if he is to escape either side, along with the woman who has joined his effort to get away.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 20, 2019
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Tony Roberts
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October 12, 2019
This series is real, gritty, and Just a pleasure to read
I gave the book 5 stars because i read the first books by barry saddler and could not put them down and now tony roberts has done a dam fine job of continueing the series. Doown side there to dang short...or maybe i read to fast. I would love to see a double novel together, were he gets out of the fire and into the frying pan so to speak. Maybe fleeing one country right into the arms of another waco leader wanting to rule the world.
I gave the book 5 stars because i read the first books by barry saddler and could not put them down and now tony roberts has done a dam fine job of continueing the series. Doown side there to dang short...or maybe i read to fast. I would love to see a double novel together, were he gets out of the fire and into the frying pan so to speak. Maybe fleeing one country right into the arms of another waco leader wanting to rule the world.
April 5, 2020
It is a short journey
I would like to have more stories during this historic period specially before his break with the soviets and his role as a commissar
I would like to have more stories during this historic period specially before his break with the soviets and his role as a commissar
October 20, 2020
Another great book
Tony Roberts continues the story of Casca that in the opinion of this reader, would make Barry Sadler happy. Great job!
Tony Roberts continues the story of Casca that in the opinion of this reader, would make Barry Sadler happy. Great job!
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