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The Crimson Crown is a secret sect of the church that has committed many of the most heinous crimes imaginable. The artist Videlle was tortured and killed for creating a unique piece of art. The piece is a marble crucifix of Christ on the cross naked and depicted as a man and called The Cross of Sins. The cross has been cleverly hidden somewhere in the world and the hints revealing its location have been scattered across the globe. The church wants the cross found and destroyed at all costs while Professor Fathom and his five hot, hunky gay heroes want the cross out in the open. It's a hunt for the clues then a race to retrieve the cross with certain death to the loser.
This was a very entertaining and over the top story but don't go looking for anything deep because it's pure fun. I suggest that anyone about to read this engaging story go to the back of the book where Mr. Knight has provided a brief description or his five heroes and Professor Fathom. It can be difficult to keep up with whom is who for a while. If you are impatient, the five heroes are introduced slowly in their natural settings before the story really picks up speed. I found Professor Fathom to be an enigma and quite the father figure for men. The fact that the five came from very diverse backgrounds make them a good working team. I enjoy Mr. Knight's writing style and have fallen for his newest character Scott Sapphire who far surpasses Fathom's Five. The sex scenes steamed up my computer screen. Things just came a little too easily and were a little too convenient for Fathom's Five for me. ( )

I just have to say this was a real struggle for me. Too many characters, introduced way too quickly, makes for a story that is hard to follow. And I also found much of this just a bit too fantastical, probably because there's not a solid exposition to set up the world in which this all takes place. Just didn't work for me. ( )

Indiana Jones/Da Vinci Code it is not.
The book defies not only logic but also the laws of nature.
The writing style is not very impressive either.
Sorry, one star. ( )

Promises fulfilled. That was OTT fun and sexy sexy too. But that end...so grateful I have plenty more ready and waiting.

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I've been promised a wild ride of entertaining but unrealistic action sequences. I am on board...let's go.


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2,5 Stars. I really wanted to like this book. It sounded great and it appeared as a kind of gay Indiana Jones team effort. But I just didn't get into it.

The history mystery (including evil secret catholic society) was a little ridiculous and the characters remained shallow and cliched. The sex scenes seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought and didn't serve any purpose story wise that I could see (except the swimming pool nearly sex scene).
I tried to see it as a comedy/satire - but for that it wasn't funny enough.
The stars are for good writing overall. Half star deduction for the sometimes flawed German (native speaker here): if you want to include phrases or exclamations at least check them for spelling and grammar. Also there are enough native speakers around here and in plenty other forums to ask (that's what I do if I have to write some words in Dutch).
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