REVIEW: Wolf's Empire: Gladiator by Claudia Christian and Morgan Grant Buchanan
Wolf's Empire: Gladiator by Claudia Christian and Morgan Grant Buchanan Publishing information: Hardback; 496pgs Publisher: Tor; 28 June 2016 ISBN: 9780765337740 Possible series Copy: Provided by Publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "A sweeping science-fiction saga of revenge set in a future in which the Roman Empire never fell, by actress Claudia Christian. When her mother and brother are murdered, young noblewoman Accala Viridius cries out for vengeance. But the empire is being torn apart by a galactic civil war, and her demands fall on deaf ears. Undeterred, Accala sacrifices privilege and status to train as a common gladiator. Mastering the one weapon available to her—a razor-sharp discus that always returns when thrown--she enters the deadly imperial games, the only arena where she can face her enemies. But Fortune's wheel grants Accala no favors—the emperor decrees that the games will be used to settle the civil war, the indigenous lifeforms of the arena-world ...