mcdonaldsteve said...
I have read several Casca novels in which he has suffered many ordeals. Burning at the stake, his hand chopped off as well as being buried alive.Among his tortures were thumbscrews and the boot |(though these were administered before the start of thr story). asoo the Chinese water torture, death by a thousand cuts, bastinado and quite a humourous one where he staked out and the hairs are plucked from his chest one by one.i have not read all the books. Does anybody know of any other ordeals he suffered not mentioned above. If they know the titles too that would be of interest.
Steve, I'm not exactly a Casca expert, but I did write a review of his adventures in sworded cultures. It's over at SwordAndSorcery.org, in my column titled Forgotten Stories Of Fantastic Sword-fighters.
In it I mention Casca had his heart ripped from his body in a sacrificial rite by an ancient Toltec (Mexican Indian, pre-dates the Aztecs), and being subjected to the flesh-eating crabs of a Viking death torture.
By the way, I'm enjoying reading the new Casca novel, Halls of Montezuma, by Tony Roberts, who owns the Casca site above. As the title implies, it's about Casca in the Mexican-American War of 1846. I highly recommend it.
Andy Beau
Assistant Managing Editor and
Columnist of Forgotten Stories of Fantastic Sword-fighters
@ http://www.swordandsorcery.org/ |