Young Gordianus is sent on a tour of the Seven Wonders with his former tutor, the Greek poet Antipater. But Antipater fakes his death and is traveling under a false name. The pair meet adventures and mysteries at each stop, mysteries that Gordianus seems to have a talent for solving.

A collection of stories written as a prequel to the first Finder book. Not the best ever written, but not bad. ( )

Año 92 a.C. Gordiano acaba de cumplir dieciocho años y está a punto de embarcarse en la aventura de su vida: un periplo que le llevará a contemplar las Siete Maravillas del mundo. Gordiano no es conocido todavía como «el Sabueso», pero en cada una de las Siete Maravillas, el joven e ingenuo romano descubrirá un misterio que desafiará sus poderes de deducción. Antípatro de Sidón, su anciano tutor y el poeta más celebrado del momento, lo acompaña en su viaje. Pero el inofensivo poeta esconde mucho más de lo que a primera vista parece. Antes de salir de casa, finge su propia muerte para realizar la gira bajo una identidad falsa. De manera amenazadora, se vislumbran los primeros indicios de una revuelta política que sacudirá el mundo romano en su totalidad. Maestro y discípulo viajan a las legendarias ciudades de Grecia y Asia Menor, y después a Babilonia y Egipto. Asisten a los Juegos Olímpicos, participan en exóticos festivales y se maravillan ante las construcciones más espectaculares jamás concebidas por la humanidad. Por el camino encuentran asesinatos, brujería y obsesiones fantasmagóricas.

For a collection of short stories, this is a great collection. This is a preqel following the eighteen year old Gordianus, the Finder, who would later star in a book series "Roma Sub Rosa".

Antipater of Sidon, a real historical figure, takes young Gordianus on a tour to see the Seven Wonders (of the Ancient World). I thoroughly enjoyed the magical descriptions of the Seven Wonders of which only one of them exists in our time (the Pyramids).

At each Wonder (and a couple interludes), Gordianus gets involved in mystery which he solves.

Still I found the stories on the simplistic side. With the mysteries just short stories, the true culprit was difficult to hide. The writing on the simplistic side. It felt more like a young adult book (which I would have loved when I was in junior high).



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The young Gordianus goes on a trip to see the 7 Wonders of the World in a series of mysteries loosely strung together.

Enjoyable, but it's not always easy to see how Gordianus reaches the solution beyond a lucky guess. And where did he or rather his father with the 21st century views get the money for this trip from? ( )