A 1940s barnstorming baseball team is flung to ancient Rome, teaching gladiators the game in a lively alternate-history romp.
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A 1940s barnstorming baseball team is flung to ancient Rome, teaching gladiators the game in a lively alternate-history romp.
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A Romp Through Time, Space, and Ancient Rome Two award-winning writers take us on an alternate-history adventure-a 1940s barnstorming baseball team, led by retired baseball player and spy Moe Berg, is transported from rural Illinois to Ancient Rome, just after the death of Emperor Septimius Severus. The Romans-who actually played a game called "small ball"-put the captured team to work teaching baseball to the gladiators for a major Colosseum event...that turns into an over-the-top, life or deat...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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A hint of romance; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
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Life-or-death Colosseum stakes and gladiatorial peril; not graphic gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic; time travel is a science-fictional premise
Occult / demonology
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Brief sorcery suspicion aimed at Franklin in a bonus story
Political content
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Imperial succession intrigue; empress threatened by her son
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Team captivity; gladiators as forced combatants; threat to empress
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