 After her divorce, twenty five year old mother of two, Sharon Carter decided to do do something extraordinaary by joining a Roman re-enactment group and enter the arena to fight as "Amazonia" a 1st century Celtic warrior-women from Britain. But Sharon s desire to fight in the arena is tempered when she is told she must use a double headed axe and fight against the male gladiators to be truly authentic. This is a story of Sharon s struggle to win the respect of her peers and fight for the honour of the wooden sword of freedom. Along the journey Sharon learns something about herself and being a single mum in 21st century Brisbane.