El joven gladiador

Resumen del libro

El destino de Marco, un joven romano hijo de un veterano centurión, está marcado por un oscuro pasado del que apenas conoce las claves, pero poco a poco las irá descubriendo en un duro y doloroso proceso. Su padre se distinguió durante la lucha por acabar con la rebelión de Espartaco, y parecía encaminarse a una vejez cómoda y apacible. Sin embargo, cuando la familia cae en las garras de un prestamista sin escrúpulos y éste asesina a su padre, empieza para Marco un azoroso recorrido como esclavo que le llevará hasta Halicarnaso, a una granja en el Peloponeso y, finalmente, a convertirse e un gladiador destinado a morir para distraer a los ciudadanos romanos.
El pasado de sus padres esconde un misterio, que deberá descubrir para su supervivencia.

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>