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Hehe. I've got a suggestion for YOU, Arch. About a decade and a half ago, Barry Sadler (The Ballad Of The Green Berets) wrote a series of novels before his death, called The Eternal Mercenary. They dealt with Casca Rufio Longinus, the Roman Legionary who pierced the side of Christ on the cross. For his sin, he was cursed to wander the Earth forever, unable to die, and taking part in wars and battles throughout history. ...

Check it out sometime. I'm sure a few copies are floating around. I've got the entire series, and I ain't partin'with it!

Indeed he did. In addition to the 22 Casca/Eternal Mercenary yarns, Barry also wrote 9 other non-Casca novels, one of which I was a fact-checker of for him. He once made the gripe in print regarding the album release of his music [*Now pay attention to this medley of my greatest hit....*] that he didn't even own a copy of his own album. I tracked him down and sent him a copy, we traded mail back-and-forth [I was a newspaper columnist at the time, in those pre-spam days when the internet was for non-comercial use only]as well as Christmas cards up till his death in 1989. He really, REALLY armtwisted me into writing a couple of novels, and I ran a couple of ideas past him. He thought they were great, so maybe one of these days I'll crank 'em out, and decicate one to him.