El gladiador

Resumen del libro

LOS ENEMIGOS DEL IMPERIO ROMANO BUSCAN VENGANZA.

Tras sus peripecias por Palmira ("Centurión"). Macro y Cato regresan por mar a Roma cuando una inesperada y violentísima tormenta los lanza a un escenario dominado por el caos. Creta acaba de ser víctima de un terremoto devastador que ha acabado con casi toda autoridad romana en la isla, y sus habitantes intentan sobrevivir como pueden en un ambiente dominado por la miseria, la violencia y la anarquía. Cuando Macro y Cato intenten tomar las riendas de la situación e imponer un mínimo control sobre la situación, descubrirán que el hambre, el riesgo de epidemias y las carencias de personal sanitario suficiente son sólo males menores. Un viejo "amigo" de los dos oficiales romanos, convertido ahora en un veterano gladiador, ha encontrado en este desorden una oportunidad excelente para liderar un levantamiento de esclavos que no tienen nada que perder y mucho que ganar. Los problemas para Macro y Cato se acumulan.

Biografía del autor

Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia 1 after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.<br><br>He is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. To date there are eleven books in the series, with the 11th released in November 2011, Praetorian. The twelfth book has recently been announced and is due to be released in October 2013, The Blood Crows 2 .<br><br>He has also written another series, Revolution, focusing on Wellington and Napoleon, whose first title, Young Bloods, was published in 2006. The second volume, The Generals, was released on the 31 May 2007 and the third volume Fire and Sword was released in January 2009. The fourth and final novel of the series was released in Jun 2010 and is called The Fields of Death. He has now started writing a new series titled Gladiator: The fight for freedom.<br><br>