Book description
It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a
new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If
adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the
bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his
colleagues when, because of his imperial connections, he is appointed a
rank above them. As second-in-command to Macro, the fearless,
battle-scarred centurion who leads them, Cato will have more to prove
than most in the adventures that lie ahead. Then the men discover that
the army's next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled
barbarity - Britain. After the long march west, Cato and Macro undertake
a special mission that will thrust them headlong into a conspiracy that
threatens to topple the Emperor himself... I don't need this sort of
competition' The bestseller The Gladiator is the ninth novel in Simon
Scarrow's Roman series about Macro and Cato, heroes of the Roman army.
Other novels in the series include the No. 1 bestseller Centurion, as
well as Under The Eagle, The Eagle's Conquest and The Eagle and the
Wolves. Simon Scarrow is also the author of a series of novels about the
lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Young Bloods,
The Generals and Fire and Sword have been published to warm acclaim, and
the final volume, Fields of Death, will be published in 2010. To find
out more about Simon Scarrow and his novels, visit www. scarrow. co. uk.
