Spartacus: Morituri - Softcover

Morris, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857681788 ISBN 13: 9780857681782

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

An exciting original novel inspired by the hot TV show Spartacus! Batiatus and Solonius vie with each other for the favor of one Marcus Licinius Crassus, an Equites who aims at the Praetorship. Thrilled by the bloody violence of the fights, Crassus decides to set up his own gladiatorial school. In the arena, the Batiati are ground down by injury and death, while Crassus' numbers never seem to shrink. Can the ludus survive against such odds?

About this title

Review:

"This might prove to be the not-at-all-guilty pleasure of the season." --Entertainment Weekly

"The story unfolds with expert pacing." --Open Letters Monthly

"The story quickly becomes the ultimate showdown between two scheming men and doesn t disappoint." --DNM Magazine

"If you re a fan of the show, the book won t disappoint you." --City of Films

About the Author:

Mark Morris is the author of several novels, including Stitch, The Immaculate, The Deluge and four Doctor Who books. He is editor of the award-winning Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries. Most recently he wrote the official tie-in novel to zombie apocalypse computer game Dead Island and a novelisation of the 1971 Hammer movie Vampire Circus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857681788
• ISBN 13: 9780857681782
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320