Download or read book Blood of a Gladiator: An Ancient Rome Historical Mystery written by Ashley Gardner and published by Jennifer Ashley. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome, AD 62 Leonidas, champion gladiator of Rome, is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom, a place to live, and Cassia, a scribe, to look after him. But the benefactor is only so generous—Leonidas must pay his own way and Cassia’s, 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.