|summary=A slower moving and more restrained book than its predecessor, which only serves to make the action harder hitting and more vivid. Kane has been so good for so long that all the superlatives have been used, but are still well deserved.
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I tend to welcome the end of a Ben Kane novel only when I know there is another one close behind it. I never want them to end, but having the next novel on my bedside table is about the only thing that makes the end of a Ben Kane novel bearable. I was fortunate enough to read [[Spartacus the Gladiator by Ben Kane]] relatively late, which meant when I reached the end that promised more, I could move straight onto ''Spartacus: Rebellion''