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Chargement... Moontusk: Rendezvous in a Ruined Citypar Bruce P. Grether
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Appartient à la sérieMoontusk (Book 1)
In this intriguing and frankly erotic tale set in an intricately developed alternate world, the moon has rings, mammoths survive in the far north, and a patriarchal empire rules over provincial kingdoms where the Goddess is still revered. Legend tells that long ago the Gods sailed here from the East, but now this is a world of humans. Or is it? At the heart of the Kemnoan Empire, in the imperial capital Ulan, handsome Prince Dare is the heir to the throne. But this restless young man flees from his duty on a journey of self-discovery with his chameleon cat, Maumet, as his only companion. Telling himself that he's seeking enlightenment, Dare sets off on foot for the mountainous kingdom of Loonapoore, where sacred mammoths are revered. The Loonapoori term for enlightenment means ''tusk of the moon.'' As much as spiritual enlightenment, the young man really seeks the truth of the feelings and passions in his maturing body. Meanwhile, a young Loonapoori noble named Hosis flees from his own family destiny riding on the back of a stolen mammoth cow. From separate directions, the two young men are pulled inexorably toward what will be to both a startling rendezvous and the beginning of an epic adventure together. Accompanied by the mysterious Lady Dee, they will journey to the South Seas to seek the fabled Dream Orchid, said to bestow either enlightenment or death. Along the way Dare encounters both the threat-and the promise-of alluring erotic fulfillment. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This implies a second details that I think it’s worth to highlight, both in the subtitle, A tale of Sexual and Spiritual discovery, than in the blurb, a frankly erotic tale, there is an accentuation on the sex and eroticism, but sincerely, even if we have some sexual intercourses, and even a ménages a trois, this is not at all an erotic romance, or at least not the erotica I’m used to. There is no putting the sex, and the sex scene, on the center stage, but they are more or less part of the growing process of Dare and Othis. They are almost an experiment for these young men to decide if they really like men more than women, if they are homosexual or not, if they want to share their life with another man. Again another reason why I had the feeling this was a coming of age story.
The universe Bruce P. Grether created is unique and fascinating, a truly fantasy world of the best tradition; like in those novels of the ’70 and ’80, there is a “map” of this universe to introduce the reader and help visualize the path the heroes will follow, and scattered here and there, some illustrations, that, as the cover and the map, are by the same author. I think this novel will appeal a lot the fantasy lovers, even the old fashioned details of having a pet as travel companion, a pet that is sometime wiser and more faithful than any other human being, is respected: a chameleon cat for Dare, a mammoth for Othis. On this regard, I have to rise my only complaint to the author: it’s not good manners to be evil towards these pets, and while good friends or lovers can be sacrificed for the sake of the story (best friends more than lovers), a pet should always arrive to the end of the story and walk towards the horizon with his owner… at least in one case, I’m not still sure the author didn’t give a second chance to the cherished pet, and for the other one, well, we can say that the pet accomplished the mission to be protector and support to the owner.
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