1st century AD e. During the reign of Domitian, the Roman passion for gladiatorial combat reached its greatest extent. The emperor, striving for novelty and diversity, brings unusual fighters into the arena - women. One of them is Lysandra, who miraculously survived a shipwreck off the coast of Asia Minor and fell into slavery. In her homeland, she belonged to an ancient cult - and this Spartan warrior priestess would never accept the fate of a slave. In fierce battles, Lysandra improves her fighting skills and gains the enthusiastic love of the crowd. But at the same time the number of her most dangerous enemies is growing... For the first time in Russian - in the translation of Maria Semenova, the famous author of “Wolfhound”.