Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow brings us 'The Gladiator', the 9th book in the 'Scarrow' series, which follows the adventures of two Officers, Marco and Cato.
In this saga, Marco and Cato are on their way home to Rome following a traumatic war against the Parthians when their boat nearly capsizes. The officers narrowly escape being ship-wrecked but have to land at Matala, Crete where they find a town in turmoil. An earthquake has ripped through the island devastating the cities and killing thousands of inhabitants. Because of this destructive natural disaster all authority has collapsed and large groups of island slaves have seized the chance for a rebellion. With much of the island's army killed and chaos mounting, the governor calls on Marco and Cato to help bring about
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