num_pages: 508
description: The Far Arena is a novel by Richard Sapir, writing as Richard Ben Sapir. It chronicles the adventures of Eugeni, a Roman gladiator from Domitian's period, who, due to an unlikely series of events, is frozen in ice for 1900 years before being found by the Houghton Oil Company on a prospecting mission in the N. Atlantic. Lew McCardle is a geologist working for Houghton. While running a test drill, the machine accidentally uncovers a frozen body. Lew is given charge. He immediately calls his friend Semyon Petrovitch, a Soviet scientist. Petrovitch, who specializes in cryonics takes the body to be revived, explaining that it's easier to treat such a case as alive until it's proven life cannot be restored. The blood is pumped from it &amp; various treatments are administered until, amazingly, it comes back to life. It spends the next 15 days in a deep sleep, muttering to itself. The mutterings are recorded, but no-one can figure out the language. Finally, Lew McCardle, who has eight years of Latin, sends for a Catholic nun, who joins him &amp; Petrovitch on their quest to sort out the mysteries of the body.
language: English
title: The Far Arena
titlecomplete: The Far Arena
genres: Historical, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Time Travel, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 929
publisher: Dell Publishing Co Inc.