Gladiator School 2: Blood & Fire
By (Author) Dan Scott
Bonnier Books Ltd
Hatch
3rd December 2024
23rd May 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
159g
Blood and Fire is the second title in Gladiator School, a series of adventure novels set in the gladiator arenas of Ancient Rome.
A distinguished senator has gone into hiding after being accused of treachery, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His elder son Quintus has become a gladiator, while young Lucius works as a servant in the gladiator school. Lucius is convinced of his father's innocence - but how can he prove it The gladiator troupe is sent to Pompeii to take part in the games. It's a lawless place, where knife-wielding thugs lurk in every alleway. But Lucius is befriended by Valens, the sponsor of the games, who offers to help him find his father...
Meanwhile, strange rumblings and tremors are felt in the town, and a seer is warning that the 'end of days' is approaching. What can this portend Can Quin survive his fights with the seasoned gladiators of Pompeii And is Valens all he seems