Blood of a Gladiator

Leonidas champion gladiator of Rome is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom a place to live and a servant-Cassia a scribe-to look after him.But the benefactor is only so generous-Leonidas must pay his own way and Cassias which means hiring himself out. The sharp-witted Cassia quickly lands him a post as a bodyguard escorting a retired senator to Ostia.The journey soon turns deadly as Leonidas and Cassia find themselves squarely in the middle of intrigue that reaches from the slums of the Subura to the Palatine Hill and the emperor Nero himself.