Books with title Zom-B: Gladiator

Gladiator is an American Science Fiction novel first published in 1930 by Philip Wyle. The story concerns a scientist who invents an "alkaline free-radical" serum to "improve" mankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. Eight years later, both methpores were used to explain Superman's powers in the first comic of his series. The scientist injects his pregnant wife with serum and his son Hugo Danner is born with superman strength, speed. and bulletproof skin.

The gladiators were among the most celebrated and famous figures in the Roman empire, entertaining huge audiences by fighting wild animals - and each other - to the death. In this fascinating guide, children can follow the fate of a Celtic warrior captured in Gaul and sent to compete as a gladiator in Rome. The detailed, fold-out illustrations and accessible text will teach them about the brutal and dangerous lives that gladiators led.

[LIBRARY EDITION Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl Case with cloth sleeves that keep compact discs protected.] [Yound Adult Fiction] [Read by Emma Galvin] Filled with gripping, bloody action sequences, the sixth book in Darren Shan's horrifying Zom-B series promises the fright -- and the fight -- of your life. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, B Smith has decided to live -- and to fight for good as long as possible. However, London is overridden with the brain-eating undead and swarming with human mercenaries whose sense of right and wrong dissolved when society did. When they lay a trap, B is captured. And it'll take dozens of battles -- and the fight of a lifetime -- to escape.