Gladiator: Vengeance

Name: Gladiator: Vengeance
Rating: 4.4 (930 reviews)

by Simon Scarrow Book 4 in the Gladiator series.

First published 2014

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Greece, 60 BC. Marcus travels to the estate of Decimus, the man responsible for his family’s destruction, in the hope of rescuing his mother and obtaining justice. The mission forces him to confront armed retainers, local authority and the limits of promises made by powerful Romans. His personal revenge is entangled with the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey, whose competition is beginning to reshape the republic.

Marcus has become more capable since his enslavement, but the mission to Decimus’s estate reminds him that legal power remains on his enemy’s side. Rescue, revenge and freedom require different choices, and success in one may endanger the others. The background rivalry between Caesar and Pompey shows a republic in which private fortunes increasingly depend on competing political patrons.