GENRE
• Action Adventure
• Fiction
• set in time of Ancient Romans
NIC
• Protagonist
• Slave who has lived in the mines his whole life
• goes into cave and finds amulet known as a bulla
• traits: rebellious, brave, sarcastic
• I am dressed as Nic
AURELIA
• Plebian girl
• Plebian = lower class Roman citizen
•skilled with weapons
•assists Nic on his journey
•Traits: Brave, Loyal
CAELA
•Griffin
•Hybrid Animal- Part Lion Part Eagle
• Griffins are known in mythology to be king of creatures
•Griffins are known for guarding treasures
GENERAL RADULF
• Antagonist
• General of the Roman Army
• He wants to destroy Rome and rebuild it in his own image
• Character traits: ruthless, powerful
SUMMARY (1)
• Nick- Roman slave who has lived in mines whole life
• his owner Sal finds the cave which contains Julius Caesar’s treasures
• forced Nic to go into slave to get all of the gold
• no one has ever returned except one who went crazy
•In cave, Nick runs into Griffin who is guarding a bulla
SUMMARY (2)
• Caela scratches Nic, and the mark on his body contains powers
• Nic grabs the Bulla which also contains powers
• Out of cave, Nic is determined to use power to free himself and sister from slavery
• But finds self in middle of the beginning of hte Praetor War meant to destroy Rome
• He then knew he had to harvest the power of the bulla to stop Gen Radulf from destroying Rome
• Will he be able to stop rebellion?
MAIN THEME
• One of the Main Themes is Unexpected Heroism
• As a slave miner. He is the lowest level of society but ends up being the hero trying to save Rome
• Another main theme is selflessness
• When Nic find the magical bulla, he first intends to use it to set himself and his sister free.
• But when war starts, he decides to help prevent Rome from being destroyed instead.
EXCITING PASSAGES
•Pages 26-27
• This passage comes right after Caela scratches Nick and Nic is now trying to escape the cave
• Pages 123-124
•This passage takes place in the Roman arena
•Nic is involved in a gladiator fight and is facing a vicious bestiarius
RECOMMENDATION
• Action packed
• Lots of suspense
• on edge of my seat, could not put it down
• If you like Acendance trilogy or Percy Jackson books, will like this
• Nic has similar personality and heroism as Jaren and Percy
• This book first of a trilogy
• This one ended on a very suspenseful note
• 2nd book, Rise of the Wolf, is expected Feb 2016
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