GLADIATORS OF THE FUTURE..One thunderous worldwide duel will decide the balance of world power. Each champion is undefeated. each is mounted on a behemoth killer-robot capable of configuring itself for battle on land, sea, or air. Each fights on behalf of a billion souls. Then a hideous accident incinerates hundreds of spectators, & the Common Market's champion refuses to fight. Has the gone over the the hated Conferation, or simply lost his will to win? The only person who knows is the woman who rides into battle in his place--a gladiator of the future, ravishing entire continents in a maelstrom of martial fury.