# The Beasts In The Arena

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- Authors: [Sophia McDougall](https://www.bookquiver.com/sophia-mcdougall)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-08-22

## Description

A gripping short story, set in the world of Romanitas, plus an extended extract of Romanitas, chronicling the fortunes of the Roman Empire in a paralellel modern world . . . The Roman Empire stretches from India in the East to the Great Wall of Terranova in the West. A runaway slave girl with a strange gift sets out to rescue her brother and seize her freedom, while the young heir to the Imperial throne discovers a plot against his life. For all three, the only way to survive may shake the Empire to its roots. A fast-moving, compelling story, brilliantly imagined - CONN IGGULDEN [A] hugely imaginative debut - DAILY MIRROR A thoroughly good read ... vividly imagined ... elegant, lively writing - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

## Editions

### The Beasts In The Arena

- Publisher: Gollancz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-972-3
- Published: 2019-08-22
- Language: en_GB