Side characters like Elka and Quintus played an important part in the story and even Cai (whom I did not like in the first book) has some character development and is more integral to the story. The action scenes are amazing, and more importantly, to my limited knowledge, time-period accurate.
In The Valiant, she was the fierce Cantii warrior princess determined to win her freedom – but this time around, she seems perfectly content to stay at the ludus and fight in the ring for the entertainment of the masses – a 180 that felt very odd. Even though it has been over a year and a half since I read The Valiant, it was very easy to pick up the storyline again. The message of sisterhood, friendship and loyalty that I so appreciated in the first book continued through this one – and the bond between the warriors of the Ludus Achillea remains one of my favourite things about this series.įallon is a strong main character and a determined, skilled fighter, but personality wise, she is very different in this book. This is the first historical fiction series set in Ancient Rome that I have enjoyed since I read Kate Quinn’s Empress of Rome series a couple of years ago (and it set my standards really high for this time period). Readers who liked The Valiant will definitely enjoy this sequel. With Sorcha missing and presumed dead, the gladiatrices are framed as rebels and they go on the run, racing to find Sorcha and reclaim their home and freedom.
Set on revenge, a rival school threatens the home Fallon has found in the Ludus Achillea and the new family in her fellow gladiatrices. Help me see that we are not only the equal of men, we are better.”įallon has become Victrix, favoured by Caesar and the darling of Rome’s masses, but her triumph has also earned her many enemies – starting with Nyx, the gladiatrix she defeated and subsequently freed. What then denied to us have the gods on man bestowed?’ I looked from face to face. ‘Not in strength are we inferior to men…the same our eyes, our limbs the same one common light we see, one air we breathe. “My sister told me what your Queen Penthesilea once said,” I continued, remembering clear as day the words Sorcha had recited to me when I’d stood beside her looking at the stone carving of the legendary queen and her warriors, Now, Fallon and her warrior sisters are thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, one that will threaten not only Fallon’s heart – and her love for Roman soldier Cai – but the very heart of the Roman Empire. And it is those dearest to Fallon who will pay the price for her success.
Synopsis: Gladiator Fallon and her warrior sisters must face off against a rival gladiator academy in this lush sequel to the highly anticipated historical fantasy, The Valiant.īut winning the highest honor ever bestowed upon a gladiatrix in Rome has earned Fallon more deadly enemies outside the arena than she ever faced within it. Published: January 23rd, 2018 (Razorbill)
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