Although this book is fast paced it is somewhere between Kill Bill, Gladiator and some cheap action novel with erotic elements: I was intrigued at first because I am really a fan of ancient Rome, but further I read more disappointed I became.For instance let's just mention the parts of the plot where the main character builds for him something like a modern gym, and in this way achieves advantage over his adversaries. How realistic is that? Or the part where he meets a martial arts master, on a trip from Orient to Great Britain, and he teaches him special moves, how to use internal energy, etc.I don't know, it's just too nave for me, and I'm simply not sure for which audience this book was intended to start with.If you're interested in similar thematics try reading Nicastro's Isle of stone, or excellent books about Roman legions from Dando-Collins, but not this.