An energetic story with some very bad/good jokes, and just enough silly Roman-bashing, it's just the sort of thing we Asterix fans love (THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY on Asterix and the Missing Scroll)Fast paced and extremely cheeky and funny with some brilliant digs and in-jokes about everything from politics to the press. (Read It Daddy on Asterix and the Missing Scroll)A real treat ... the new books will appeal to young readers, for whom it will be, hopefully, just the beginning (School Librarian on Asterix and the Missing Scroll)This is the 37th book in the series, and the third to be written by Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by Didier Conrad; the transition to new author/illustrator is seamless with all the best points of the originals faithfully reproduced. [...] Brilliantly written and illustrated; a worthy successor. (Parents in Touch)

The next action-packed adventure from Asterix and Obelix!

The roads across Italy are in disrepair. Defending his name, and to prove Rome's greatness, Senator Lactus Bifidus announces a special one-off chariot race. Julius Caesar insists a Roman must win, or Bifidus will pay. Open to anyone from the known world, competitors arrive from far and wide, including Asterix and Obelix. With Bifidus secretly scheming, who will win this almighty chariot race?