As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke -- as the only survivor -- was taken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew, Soren. Janneke's survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost of...

"Now a member of Julius Caesar's palace. Marcus's gladiator training continues at an elite school in Rome. But the city streets are plagued by vicious gang-war attacks, and Caesar must employ his own gang leader, who learns of a plot to murder him. Only Marcus can go in undercover. But he's in terrible danger. If the rival gang discovers him, the price will be fatal. Julius Caesar's isn't the only life at risk"--Back cover.