Book description
While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing
campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized
by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete
where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has
struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the
chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt
and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the
Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's
troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of
the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly
enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the
island? I don't need this kind of compeition' 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.
