Book Title: In Shadow Of Heroes
ISBN: 9781911077688
By Author(s):BOWLING NICHOLAS
By Publisher:SCHOLASTIC UK
Format:PB
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019
Fourteen-year-old
Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since
he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when
Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of
a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life
is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to
Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the
Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to
the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about
his past ...