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Arena

Written by: Simon Scarrow, T. J. Andrews
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Arena is a Sunday Times best-selling novel from Simon Scarrow, author of Invictus, Centurion and The Gladiator, and T.J. Andrews. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.

It is AD 41. The city of Rome is a dangerous place.

Optio Macro of the Second Legion, recently decorated for courage on the battlefield, can't wait to leave the teeming city behind. He's dismayed when he's compelled to stay in Rome to train Marcus Valerius Pavo, a young gladiatorial recruit.

Though fearless Pavo has fought for his life before, he's a novice in the arenas. But he's a driven man, with a goal dearer than survival - to avenge his father's death at the hands of a champion gladiator. Will he live to face his nemesis?

©2013 Simon Scarrow (P)2013 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Historical Fiction
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"Ferocious and compelling." ( Daily Express)

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Great narrator

Great narrator. Excellence in the different in the voices he uses for each character . Wonderfully entertaining . This novel is not a novel. It was released as a group of novelettes about 2-4 hours each . So the book is really a series of story’s . That being said, it was very entertaining . Although the plot , was a series of plots . One challenge after another. The narrator makes the different, all and all , I recommend this novel.

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