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255 pp.
| Hyperion
| April, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-5101-2$16.99
(3)
4-6
Gladiator series.
After Marcus, son of a Roman centurion, witnesses his father's death, he and his mother are sold into slavery. Marcus is sold to a trainer of gladiators and learns to fight, but he never loses sight of his goal to avenge his father's death. Marcus must come of age quickly as he follows the traditional hero's path of righting a world turned upside down.