“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating.
My pick for this week: The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
Expected publication:
February 14th, 2017
Goodreads link
What it’s about:
The youngest daughter of a proud Celtic king, Fallon has always lived in the shadow of her older sister Sorcha’s legendary reputation as a warrior. But when Fallon was a young child, the armies of Julius Caesar invaded the island of Britain and her beloved older sister was killed in battle.
On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister’s footsteps and earn her rightful place in her father’s royal war band. But she never gets the chance. Instead, Fallon is captured by a band of ruthless brigands who sell her to an exclusive training school for female gladiators—and its most influential patron is none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel twist of fate, Fallon’s worst enemy, the man who destroyed her family, might be her only hope of survival.
Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, chilling threats and the dangerous attention of Caesar himself to survive the deadly fights that take place both in and out of the arena—and claim her place in history among the Valiant.
Why I am waiting for this release:
Kickass female gladiators. It’s set in Rome. (Rome, guys! My favorite city of all.) And Caesar himself may make an appearance. MY ROMAN EMPIRE HISTORY LOVING HEART REJOICES.
OMG IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC!! Rome!! Yay. Great pick! 🙂
It does sound super! Thanks! 🙂
Sounds amazing, right? I really enjoyed this book, so I hope you love it! Great WoW pick ^_^
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
It does! I’m so glad you enjoyed it – I’m excited to read it 🙂
I’m also waiting on this one! It sounds soo good! I don’t harbour any cover love for some reason but the premise sounds epic. 🙂
It does sound soo good! I understand about the cover, but then in general I usually don’t like covers with models on them. But if the content is as amazing as it sounds, it’ll be epic indeed 😉