Radenna of Armattia is scheduled for a gladiatorial bout with even less armaments than her first. In a world where the bad guys won and flaunt it every week in heinous bloodsport, the only refuge to be found is on the end of one's own arms.

Any martial art offers enough techniques and lessons to fill more than a lifetime. Radenna has two weeks to cram or she will die failing the ultimate test. Matthew Atkinson winds up a new gladiatorial SHORT STORY from his collection, Serene Grace. You who are about to read, I salute you.