{"product_id":"9781785769672-the-burning-road","title":"The Burning Road","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe scorching new historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGladiator\u003c\/i\u003e meets Cormac McCarthy's The Road in the brilliant new thriller from the country's leading Ancient Rome expert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the shadow of Sicily's Mount Etna, a brutal rebellion is about to erupt .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scorching new historical thriller from\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and Ancient Rome expert, Harry Sidebottom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'What Bernard Cornwell is to the Napoleonic Wars, Harry Sidebottom is to Roman legions: unassailable' - THE TIMES\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAD265 - Sicily, Ancient Rome:\u003c\/b\u003e In the shadow of Mount Etna, slaves are rising up. As the rebel leader declares Sicily the new land of the free, men and women are slaughtered, and cities across the island are sacked and burned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a ship is wrecked off the island's west coast, all but two survivors are cut down in the surf by the rebel slaves. Ballista, an experienced Roman soldier, has always found a way to survive against the odds - but his son Marcus is still just a boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the burning road stretching out ahead of them, father and son must cross the war-ravaged island in a race against time to save the rest of his family, and somehow find a way to extinguish the brutal rebellion, before it all goes up in flames.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE BURNING ROAD\u003c\/i\u003e is the scorching new thriller from one of the world's best historical novelists - for fans of Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Bernard Cornwell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Harry Sidebottom's historical thrillers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A storming triumph' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Relentless, brutal, brilliant' - \u003cb\u003eBEN KANE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945625890913,"sku":"9781785769672","price":15.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36296784_6c4a98be-24ea-4003-8e14-7dcc52881f6b.jpg?v=1759385135","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785769672-the-burning-road","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}