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I lost my copy of this book and have lamented the fact since. Best book about the gladiator era I have ever read. Very descriptive, interesting account of a slave boy raised expressly for the arena. Highly recommended.

Written like an autobiography, this book pulls you in from the very beginning and keeps you interested until the very end. A slave baby, born beneath the great Arena in Ceasar Augusta's Rome, the story's hero grows into the most feared gladiator of his time. Good action writing style from Barry Sadler, author of The Green Berets and Casca books. This book makes you wish we had gladiatorial combat in the 90's rather than that wimpy sport of boxing

The late, great author Barry Sadler, best known his his extremely popular Casca series, gives us a Casca-like novel, full of blood drenched gladiators.

I read this novel some time ago, and remembered it to be a solid read. But it just wasn't Casca. Hard shoes to fill.

But yet, if Barry Sadler wrote it, it was definately well worth reading. Casca will always be his top-notch, unforgettable character, however.

A must read.