The far arena
By: Richard Ben Sapir.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Seaview Books : trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
First sentence: Lucius AURELIUS EUGENIANUS, 
son of Gnaeus, Roman,
and Phaedra, Greek;
adopted son of the great Lucius Anrelius Cotta;
Husband of Miriamne, freed Hebrew; 
falhcr of Petronius, Roman; 
offender of the gods of Rome;
and, therefore, enemy of the Senate and People of Rome,

did not  feel the core bit of the Houghton rig neatly take n piece of his gracilis muscle from the right thigh, 8.2 meters beneath the glacial ice north of the Queen Victoria Sea.

The body was quiet as an unborn thought in a dark universe, stopped on the bare side of life, stilled on its wav to death by the cold. Even the hair did not grow, nor did the enzymes and acids eat away at the cells. More still than death it was, stone perfect still.
Description: A frozen body is buried under 8.2 meters of solid ice until discovered by an oil exploratory crew and taken to a research hospital where efforts are made to restore the body to life.  Thus begins the story of Lucius Aurelius Eugenianus, one of the greatest gladiators of ancient Rome.  The story switches back and forth from the present to the past and the final awakening of Eugenianus.  Eugenianus is helped by a Catholic nun and scholar Olava who speaks Latin, the only language of the Gladiator.. A great story.
Notes: Highly recommend this book which is still available second hand on Amazon among other book sellers.  This is a book that you will find hard to put down.
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