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Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
470 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beautiful and musical Judaean slave Thea attempts to survive and prosper in first century Rome despite a spiteful mistress, a broken love affair with a gladiator, and, most dangerous of all, an interested Emperor.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother's path, but her only way of avoiding marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather may be to face him in the arena.
Author
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
466 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Returning to his village after escaping the Roman army, Spartacus is betrayed by his jealous king and forced into life as a gladiator before executing a daring overthrow and assuming leadership over an army of escaped slaves.
6) The games
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Silas Williams is the brilliant geneticist in charge of preparing the U.S. entry into the Olympic Gladiator competition, an internationally sanctioned bloodsport with only one rule: no human DNA is permitted in the design of the entrants. Silas lives and breathes genetics; his designs have led the United States to the gold in every previous event. But the other countries are catching up. Now, desperate for an edge in the upcoming Games, Silas's boss...
7) The valiant
Author
Publisher
RazorBill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a proud Celtic king is captured and sold to a training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for her sister's death.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black, about two top women gladiators fighting for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising...
Author
Series
Julius Zebra volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
cclxxiii pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before he can gain his freedom, Emperor Hadrian sends Julius Zebra on one last mission to Britannia where he and his fellow gladiators discover how much the Britons dislike the Romans.
Author
Series
Valiant novel volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices are thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, the only thing that might save them is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
478 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A historical novel of one of the most storied uprisings of classic times by an emerging master of the genre. From the author of Pride of Carthage, the superb fictional rendering of Hannibal's epic military campaigns against Carthage's archenemy Rome, comes the perfect follow-up: an equally superb novel of the legendary gladiator Spartacus and the vast slave revolt he led that came ever so close to bringing Rome and its supposedly invincible legions...
13) Crush the king
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
416 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Queen Everleigh Blair of Bellona has survived the mass murder of the royal family, become a fearsome warrior trained by an elite gladiator troupe, and unleashed her ability to destroy magic. After surviving yet another assassination attempt orchestrated by the conniving king of Morta, Evie has had enough. It's time to turn the tables and take the fight to her enemies. There is no better opportunity to strike than during the Regalia Games, a time...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
May 2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Escaped slave and gladiator Sparticus wants to lead his army of rebellion slaves over the Alps and back to their home, but his seconds have different plans, they want to attack Rome itself and bring the republic to its knees.
15) Kill the queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
465 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Gladiator meets Game of Thrones: a royal woman becomes a skilled warrior to destroy her murderous cousin, avenge her family, and save her kingdom in this first entry in a dazzling fantasy epic from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Elemental Assassin series--an enthralling tale that combines magic, murder, intrigue, adventure, and a hint of romance. In a realm where one's magical power determines one's worth, Lady Everleigh's...
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