Author: anniedouglasslima

Is this what freedom is supposed to be like? Desperate to provide for himself and his sister Ellie, Bensin searches fruitlessly for work like all the other former slaves in Tarnestra. He needs the money for an even more important purpose, though: to rescue Coach Steene, who sacrificed himself for Bensin’s freedom. When members of two rival street gangs express interest in Bensin’s martial arts … martial arts skills, he realizes he may have a chance to save his father figure after all … at a cost.Meanwhile, Steene struggles with his new life of slavery in far-away Neliria. Raymond, his…

Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is just one victory away from freedom. But after he is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he is condemned to the violent life and early death of a gladiator. While his loved ones seek desperately for a way to rescue him, Bensin struggles to stay alive and forge an identity in an environment designed to strip it from him. When he infuriates the … authorities with his choices, he knows he is running out of time. Can he stand against the cruelty of the arena system and seize his freedom before…