Much of Ridpath's book is based on fact, particularly the machinations of various politicians and civil servants and private individuals to ensure that Britain would make a separate peace with Germany after the fall of France. Meanwhile, in Britain, a group of far-right politicians, allied with misguided patriots and pacifists, are engineering a less spectacular coup to replace the British government with one more sympathetic to Hitler. One set is in Germany, where military and intelligence leaders are conspiring to overthrow Hitler in their bid to prevent what they believe will be a disastrous war for the Fatherland. Seeking to defy Ryker as Dog rises to power as his champion, the stage is set for something to give in this murderous world of young gladiators.Ī tale about survival, tragedy, and human perseverance, the complete Shadow of Wrath is the exciting and controversial new dystopian and urban fantasy teen novel set in the world of the Sins of the 7 series.Shadows Of War (Traitors) by Michael Ridpath tells a story of two sets of "traitors" at the outbreak of World War II. Can she save Dog’s humanity before she too succumbs to the horrors of the Arena? She has lost everything already - her family, her innocence, and her dignity - while her will to live hangs on by a thin thread.
When not devising new ways for boys to kill each other, he’s ruling his small empire with a ruthless fist, rewarding his guards with riches and punishing those who oppose him with barbaric executions.Renamed Dog, the boy from the streets must turn himself into a killing machine if he is to continue surviving, but as he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake, he is haunted by the ghosts of the dead, while the violence threatens to wake a beast inside him.Īllegra, a slave girl in the Arena and a victim of Ryker’s constant abuse, is his only key to salvation.
A homeless boy is kidnapped from the streets and finds himself imprisoned in a far more horrifying place: the Arena, a place where teenage boys fight to the death for the pleasure of various criminals in a modern gladiator pit.The Arena is the brainchild of Ryker, an ex-convict addicted to alcohol, gladiatorial-esque combats, and money.
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