Dead to the World
Servant and consort of the Lady of the Waters, a powerful sea goddess, Erred is captured by slave traders during a pilgrimage and borne across the desert to be sold. In the decadent city of Tajhaan, he is trained in the arts of love to become a pleasure slave and eventually a courtesan. But in...
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Servant and consort of the Lady of the Waters, a powerful sea goddess, Erred is captured by slave traders during a pilgrimage and borne across the desert to be sold. In the decadent city of Tajhaan, he is trained in the arts of love to become a pleasure slave and eventually a courtesan. But in the claustrophobic world of intrigue and brutality he inhabits, what place is there for hope, faith--or love?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594269530 (159426953X)
Publish date: July 1st 2007
Publisher: Mundania Press LLC
Pages no: 300
Edition language: English
Series: Water Lovers of Sirilon (#3)
I confess: the title of this book confounds me. It's strangely fitting - my dubious interpretation being that it describes the state of the main character (Erred) throughout nearly the entire book - but at the same time, it's an incredibly odd thing to allude to in a book title. What it does do, how...
5 stars. I love a good m/m slave fic and this one did not disappoint. Well-written and pushed all the right buttons. N.B. This is not a book 3 but a stand-alone novel.Erred is a beautiful young man captured into slavery and subjected to the whims of a succession of masters. He is also a 'taleve,' se...
It's a fantasy story with supernatural events but with such a refreshing storyline. Out of this world kind of special. Amazing world building with interesting culture and beliefs. It contains tons of noncon. Listing a few here:- kidnapping, slavery with pleasure slave training, slave ownership excha...
DNF after reading at least 3/4 of the book. Couldn't bring myself to continue when I realized that the MC existence would continue in its bleakness, with no HEA or even a HFN. I need happiness, dammit!