The Persian — Barry Sadler

The Brotherhood of the Lamb concluded its sacred meeting and the Brothers dispersed to their separate nations and cities with but one identical message: "Casca lives, and is in Persia.. ."

And so The Eternal Mercenary enters the gates of the Persian Empire to become commander of Shapur II's royal forces. But one man will see to his downfall. He is Rasheed, advisor to the King and member of the Brotherhood. And as he watches Casca's burning flesh turn to ash, he knows that not even the immortal Roman can survive the all-consuming hunger of fire ... or can he?