SuitabookResilience and agency
Vita responds to family loss by entering the gladiatorial world in pursuit of retribution and justice.
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Ally Sherrick - Author
This is an action-led historical mystery about resilience, friendship and justice. Vita’s perilous journey through Roman London and the gladiatorial world combines family upheaval, betrayal, disguise and vivid historical atmosphere.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an action-led historical mystery about resilience, friendship and justice. Vita’s perilous journey through Roman London and the gladiatorial world combines family upheaval, betrayal, disguise and vivid historical atmosphere.
Vita responds to family loss by entering the gladiatorial world in pursuit of retribution and justice.
Vita forms an important bond with Brea, who is described as brave, caring, empathetic and forgiving.
Expect serious material alongside adventure: deaths of parents, disappearance of family members, kidnapping, murder, betrayal, an expected marriage at fourteen, harsh treatment and gladiatorial combat with swords and life-threatening danger.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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