From the Ashes: Large Print Edition: 1 (The Colosseum)

Rome 80AD. A gigantic new amphitheatre is being built... The Emperor has plans for gladiatorial Games on a scale no-one has ever seen before. But the Games dont just happen. They must be made. And Marcus the man in charge of creating them has just lost everything he held dear when Pompeii disappeared under the searing wrath of Vesuvius. Now it will fall to Althea the slave woman who serves as his scribe to ensure the Colosseum is inaugurated on time - and that Marcus makes his way out of the darkness that calls to him.