My next novel, hopefully coming out next summer, is titled - Casca: The Outlaw. I am hard at work on it now.
The synopsis is something like this: No mission is too dangerous as long as the cause - and the money - are right. Casca Rufio Longinus, the Eternal Mercenary, is branded an outlaw by the United States government in the post Civil War era, having lost the war against the states fighting for the South as a rebel soldier.
Over 20 years later, Casca, alias Case Lonnergan, hires four soldiers of fortune, including the infamous Billy the Kid, along with a beautiful woman, to cross the Mexican border to dig up ten million dollars in buried gold. But between the Eternal Mercenary and his rag-tag group and their treasure lie a merciless comanchero guerilla band, a tribe of hostile Apache Indians and General Juarez's army.
It's a journey no one with any sense would hope to survive, or would even dare try, except - Casca The Eternal Mercenary!
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That's the beauty of Casca. Even though he has no chance at survival, what does he have to waste? The trick comes into getting those around him to survive. I am looking forward into seeing just how Casca's 1800 year old mind works.
I don't mean to put you on the spot......well yeah I do. The Highlander series has left a very sour taste in some peoples thinking. What do you have to offer that people haven't seen before not only in past Casca books, but in every "immortal" viewing we have been numbed into watching? How will you elevate a lethargic series into something that we are willing to spend money for?
That my Casca will be portrayed to be able to eat the Highlanders liver for lunch.
I'm going old-school Sadler with this, as well as adding my own touch as a writer to add in character depth to the most up-to-date Casca adventure ever written thus far.
Expect classic sadler-style action/adventure, with today's hottest technology as well as a mixture of a ba dguys that come from the old school of Sadler, blended into the storyline to today's headlines.
The stakes are the highest that Casca has ever faced.
I am in agreement with Vulture that the series has gotten lethargic and stagnant. As I have written in Tony's blogs (god rest there soul) that his entries into the Casca series were like reading 7th grade history books. Casca was an action adventure character placed in historical times usually with historical figures. I to am hoping that you breathe new or should I say "old" life back into the series.
Hell TGR!
I remember you on Casca.net blogs. I truly hope you are as fair and unbiased on my novel as you were with Tony's novels.
And I know you and Vulture will be, if past blogs have proven.
All I can say about my 1st novel is: I was the editor. So if any mistakes were made, in any catagory, the fault is mine alone.
Insofar as historical matter is concerned: My next 2 novels are set in historical times. I hope that fans will see that my contribution to the series is to utilize the historical aspects just like the original author, Barry Sadler did - as a background tool.
Personally I don't think Casca fans want a history lesson. But if i can provide them with an explosive, action-packed adventure romp through time, and also provide them with interesting characters all around, then I'll feel satisfied.
If fans want a history lesson, then they can go elsewhere. But hopefully, like sadler did, I will teach them something along the journeys that I write. But not beat them over the head with it.
Any chance of your putting this on Amazon as an e-book?
E books have been talked about for the last 2 or 3 years. I would like to see all of them on a down-loadable version, but nothing as of yet. Perhaps something in the near future.
It's much easier to tote around 29 e books rather than the printed copies. For some reason, no matter how much material is put into a computer...it doesn't get any heavier.
Get ready for another crap filled pie coming your way.
Just from the historical inaccuracies mentioned in the synopsis I can only imagine the crap that would fill the pages.
I'll pass thank you
Crap pie anyone?
No, Jack O' Lantern I suppose you would rather read the kiddy history crap books that Tony Roberts likes to write. Oh and one more thing, I see someone has written something unflattering in these blogs and as of yet I have not seen Mr. Goodwin shutting it down. Mr Roberts could do with a little class lesson in this area since he can't handle criticism with out shutting his blog down.
Oh Jack O'Latern, you sound like such a petulant child.
Ya know, studying the Native Americans for my upcoming novel, I found that they would name their people after something significant that they do and/or may look like.
In your case, I supposed since you like to wipe your bottom with printed paper, they would call you 'Inky Asshole.'
Mr Goodwin, It has been some time now since your last Casca book. I've been waiting and waiting for the Outlaw to come out. You posted back in December that you were working on this book, is it still not ready? What is the status? Tony Roberts has written several books since Immortal Dragon (much to my chagrin). I hope all is well.
Hey TGR -
Yes, I do hope and think that the Outlaw is coming out this year.
Although it has been done for some time, the publisher has been busy with other things.
I have three more books in the Casca franchise - two of which are finished - to hopefully be published sometime in the future.
Please stay tuned, and thank you for contacting me, as well as your interest.
The Best Casca novel is yet to be published! (Well, I hope anyway.)
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