After Marcus Cornelius Primus’s father is murdered and his mother kidnapped and enslaved, Marcus is forced to fight as a gladiator, enduring years of brutal training while he secretly plots to avenge his father’s death and rescue his mother.

• ISBN: 9781423151012
• Author: Scarrow, Simon
• Published: 2012 , Disney Hyperion Books
• Themes: Revenge, Rome, slavery
• Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy
• No. of pages: 272