Arena: First Sword (Part Three of the Roman Arena Series)

By: Simon Scarrow, T. J. Andrews

Narrated by: David Thorpe

The third novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series sees gladiator Pavo and mentor Macro fight for their lives amid a bloody revolt.


The imperial gladiator school in Capua: once the pride of the Roman Empire, lately driven to the brink of ruin by a greedy lanista. Now the school welcomes its newest recruit: Marcus Valerius Pavo, the high-born gladiator with a string of impressive victories to his name, sworn to seek revenge for the brutal murder of his father. Meanwhile Lucius Cornelius Macro, the decorated optio of the Second Legion, has been appointed as the school's new lanista. Macro faces a race against time to turn the school around before the start of the games in Rome, held in honour of the new Emperor. But when a notorious tribal warrior sets in motion a violent uprising, Macro and Pavo find themselves caught in a desperate struggle for survival...


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Ugh!

I have over 300 titles in my library. I was going through some of the older series. I guess I went through a stage as I have the entire Empire series. I didn’t think much of them. This novella is just terrible. I hope I got it for free because it’s a waste of money.