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The Rudis
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.99
Publisher: 717 Entertainment
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 438
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Born on the brutal Roman frontier, Titus Aelius Drusus was raised beneath the shadow of a great name and forged for command. He becomes exactly what Rome demands: disciplined, lethal, and feared. But when he defies orders to save the young soldiers under him, the empire repays loyalty with spectacle. Stripped of rank, honor, and future, Titus is condemned to the arena.
There, beneath the roar of the crowd and the weight of chains, he survives the only way a true soldier can: by learning faster, enduring longer, and becoming harder to kill than the men sent against him. Battle after battle, Titus turns into a legend whispered about in blood-soaked corridors and shouted from the stands. Yet the arena teaches him more than how to destroy. In the wreckage of flesh and steel, he begins to understand the body, pain, and the fragile line between death and survival.
The Rudis is a brutal, cinematic story of war, betrayal, brotherhood, and rebirth. It is the story of a man forged by Rome, broken by Rome, and forced to discover whether his greatest purpose lies not in taking life, but in saving it.
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