Achillea
J Ryan
Type: ARC
Genre: Young adult, historical fiction
Word count: 60,400
She captures the heart of the young centurion who saves her. Then she is ordered to kill him. Rising from prisoner-of-war to queen of the gladiator arena, Achillea has Rome at her feet. Then Julius Caesar is assassinated; and a brutal new emperor commands her to punish a traitor. Watched by thousands, she must fight her lover to the death. Please note: this book is part of a series, and a series synopsis will be provided.
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The youngest centurion in Julius Caesar's army, Marcus Petreius rescues a female Spartan mounted archer from the battlefield and launches her into a career as a gladiator, losing his heart to her as she rises to fame as Achillea. But with the assassination of Caesar, a brutal new emperor comes to power, with a regime of terror that sees thousands of innocent Roman civilians slaughtered without mercy. Helping the condemned to escape to safety, Marcus himself is eventually betrayed. Achillea is ordered to fight her lover to the death in the arena.
Portraying intense relationships between teenagers, played out against the tumultuous rise and fall of the mighty figures of ancient history, is how J Ryan approaches her YA historical novels. Their courage, loves and fears allow the reader to connect with the drama of powerful characters, from Queen Boudicca to Julius Caesar, and from Hannibal to Alexander the Great.
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