ASIN: B00G0VIVK4
Publisher: FergusRainbow.com (October 18, 2013)
Pages: 437
Roman civilisation may be gone but it’s not forgotten. There are those that hanker for bread and circuses even to this day. The roar of the distracted crowd driven wild by the ultimate competition – gladiatorial combat, but how to sell it to the public? So a think tank is asked in the 1980s to recommend how to bring the game of death to life.In the near future the recommendations have borne fruit, not only in the arena but in a far more egalitarian, socialised society. Cleaner, safer, more clockwork, once a few sacrifices were necessarily made. Safer for most, but not all, especially for those who choose to play The Game by choice and those who play through their own bad decisions or the wrong individual choice.Played Three Ways follows the lives of Avril’s family, whose aspirations seem to be in the hands of oldest son Hiram. Is he the key to privileged existence and a way out of one ...
