Tony Roberts is the British author of the Casca series from 2006 onwards. In 2000 he created the official Casca website and five years later contacted the owner of the franchise who was looking for a replacement to Paul Dengelegi to continue the series. Roberts wrote Halls of Montezuma in 4 months, his debut novel, and it was published in September 2006. His second novel, Johnny Reb was published in October 2007 and the third, The Confederate, in June 2008. Subsequent novels in the series have been The Avenger (September 2008), Napoleon's Soldier (March 2009), The Conqueror (June 2009), The Anzac (March 2010) and Devil's Horseman (October 2010).