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)

The defiant by lesley livingston