Javelin Thrower
Martin, Robin / Burns, Joe
Speculative-historical fiction that reimagines the clash of Caesar and Pompey's armies following the crossing of the Rubicon. A young Roman recruit's skill with a javelin changes the course of his and many other lives in this debut novel by a short short-story prize winner. The story's protagonist, Lucius Pontius, is levied as a scribe in the service of Rome's legendary Marcus Cicero, and faces danger from the land and sea, complicated by the ...