Casca Longinus. Cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, & wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving, waiting for Christ. Colonial China at the turn of the century, Casca is a British soldier with a choice-a-suicide mission or the agony of death on the gallows. To avoid the rope, he must penetrate the heart of the mysterious land & bring back word of the impending revolution. Captured & tortured by a Warlord, his true identity is revealed. They call him Cas-Ca Sho-of long life-and proclaim him a Count. Now he must lead an army of a million subjects into the slaughter of revolt against the British.