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    The Far Arena

    Written by Richard Ben Sapir

    Narrated by Peter Noble

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    While conducting exploration in the frozen Arctic, Texan Lew McCardle, a geologist working for the Houghton Oil company, discovers something remarkable: a body encased in the ice. More remarkable still, the skills of Russian researcher Semyon Petrovitch bring the man miraculously back to life.

    This strange visitor from the distant past has an amazing story to tell. Translated from his native Latin by Nordic nun Olava, Lucius Aurelius Eugenianus reveals that in the era of Domitian he was a champion in the Roman Coliseum, a gladiator known far and wide as the greatest of all time.

    An ingenious amalgam of science fiction, fantasy, and history, Richard Ben Sapir’s The Far Arena is a breathtaking work of literary invention, at once thrilling, poignant, and thought-provoking.

    ©2016 Richard Ben Sapir (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateSep 30, 2016
    ISBN9781520036182
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    Richard Ben Sapir

    Richard Ben Sapir (born 1936 in New York; died 1987) is best known for The Destroyer series of novels that he co-created with Warren Murphy. The first Destroyer was written in 1963, while Sapir worked as a city hall reporter in Jersey City and Murphy served as secretary to the city's mayor. Richard Sapir was a graduate of Columbia University and lived with his wife in New Hampshire before he died in 1987 from a heart attack.

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    • 2/5
      After reading this one, I'll stay away from Roman historical fantasy. This one was so-so, despite several interesting episodes.A nude man is found encased in ice by an American oil man/geologist. A Russian doctor thaws out the man, who turns out to be from ancient Rome at the time of Emperor Domitian. The doctor replaces his poisoned blood with fresh blood, and a nun translates his classical Latin for the two men. The part where the Roman, Eugeni, remembers his life in Rome as gladiator, freedman, rich man, and with his family was fascinating. But after that, an ancient Roman stranded in present-day Norway did not gel for me and was too outlandish. I thought Eugeni's description of modern clothing to himself, analogizing them to what he knew; e.g., neckties like torques, was clever. I thought the scene where 'garum' was mixed together for Eugeni, out of disgusting ingredients, was humorous. The novel was poignant when he visits modern-day Rome with the nun and sees the ruins of things he knew and realizes without a doubt that his beloved wife and son have been dead for close to two millenia. But as a whole the novel was mediocre.
    • 4/5
      This is one of the few books that I remember even when I forget the title and author, which I have done multiple times since I first read it. I gives a very compelling view of what the life of a star gladiator in Rome might have been in the very early Christian era, and what a Roman might make of the Roman Catholic Church.
    • 5/5
      WOW! I couldn’t recommend reading this book highly enough!!!!! Which is extremely rare considering the fact that I’ve literally read THOUSANDS of books in my life, having been a HUGE reader by the age of 7. My favorite fare has always been fiction, in most of its varied forms (excluding westerns, and most especially romance genres!!). And I do love learning new things in a fictional way, if the research is extensive. This book was like the best of all worlds for me! I learned SO MUCH, and it really made me think. The plot, storyline and characters were interesting, and I really enjoyed the narration. My only issue was the ending, but perfection is so rare these days, I’ll deal with it, lol. I will DEFINATELy reread in the future.