Plot summary
Nic is sold away from the mines where he has spent most of his life. When he gets to Rome he is put in the battle arena to fight the toughest gladiator they have . After he defeats they gladiator and almost destroys the arena he escapes into the sweres. He then finds the girl he came to Rome with. She then helps him with the wound he had from where he escaped the arena and she ends up putting him in chains and try to bring him to his father who is a high Senate in the Roman Empire. However he talks her put of it and brings him to where he wants to go, where he learns how to control his powers more. Afterward someone spots him and he is then taken back to the arena to fight his grandfather where he is defeated but not killed. His grandfather then makes him pledge his alliance to him and his army and promises to fight along side him in a war soon to come.