"Thea is a slave girl from Judaea, passionate, musical, and guarded. Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea will become her mistress's rival for the love of Arius the Barbarian, Rome's newest and most savage gladiator. His love brings Thea the first happiness of her life-that is quickly ended when a jealous Lepida tears them apart." (Amazone Ed.) And so the story unrolls...

Edit, April 17, 2009:It's a fascinating epic historical novel; at times rather bloodthirsty, but also grippind with intrigue. A nice and entertaining read.

I'm making a bookray with this one. The following bookcrossers read along:

"raeliz64" from Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom (worldwide)
"Tinina67" from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (worldwide)
"Miss-Picky" n/a, Lisboa, Portugal (worldwide)
"greenkaeru" from Petaling Jaya, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
"Luned" from Elmira, Ontario, Canada (worldwide)
"kalise" from 4020, Oberösterreich, Austria (EU only)
"chich" from Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (worldwide)
"penelopewanders" from Hasliberg, Bern / Berne, Switzerland (Europe)
"Pell" from Canino, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy (EU)
"svoight" frin Springville, Tennessee, USA (US /Canada)

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

The Mistress and her bloody "entourage" are on their way to the UK...

Received today - thanks very much.

Oooh I enjoyed this one!
The following review contains spoilers so don't read it if you don't want to know what happens.

A good story, gory in parts, but very entertaining with nasty baddies you can hate and cheer when they get their comeuppance and a happy ending for the goodies. I can see Hollywood being interested in this and making a blockbuster out of it.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way to Australia.

Arrived safe and sound. It is raining today, so a good day to start reading!
Thanks for including me.

I liked it - great characters and an interesting story. I really enjoy reading historical fiction.

Will be send on asap.

Now on its way to greenkaeru.
Travel safe and enjoy the book.

book arrived safely from Australia. Thanks!

Great book. Enjoyed reading it. The book is on it's way to Lune, Ontario, Canada.