The Captive II (v. 2) [Paperback]

Richard Manton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 1999 | Series: Captive (Book 2)

This sequel to the best-selling The Captive is set among the lush subtropical provinces of Cheluna. Red-haired Brigid has offended a rich admirer, who snatches her away to the mysterious Cambina Alta Plantation. There she learns the finer points of submission at the hands of the sadistic Col. Manrique and the perverse Comte de Xantra.

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He closed the curtains of his room against the early darkness and turned on the light. Now he was enclosed in a world that had changed excitingly and suddenly for him. In the next few hours and the next few days, he was going to study the papers and photographs methodically. With a jump of excitement in his heart he knew that he was about to witness the obedience training of two young female captives. Two self-possessed and resentful young women were to be transformed into the submissive slaves of any man who became their master. His thoughts gathered speed as he sat down and began to examine his treasure-trove. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (March 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562011138
• ISBN-13: 978-1562011130
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,212,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Revolting, October 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Captive II (v. 2) (Paperback)

I'm an afficionado of bondage porn and I'm not that squeamish, but I really loathed this book. This is the only pornographic novel that I've ever read that seemed genuinely misogynistic. The female characters are simply puppets for very brutal, not at all erotic torture. They have no characters; they're just bodies. Nauseating. And poorly written, to boot!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Effort by a Disinterested Author, July 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Captive II (v. 2) (Paperback)

Consists mainly of what appears to be cut and paste from other works by the same author with little to no effort to blend them together. Eroticism is submerged and totally hidden by fantastic flaggelation scenes. It appears as if the author really didn't care. Not much of a beginning and certainly no end. I actually read it all, hoping it would get better. It didn't.

5.0 out of 5 stars I quite liked this one, November 27, 2011

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D. Crawford "Swordsman" (Blighty) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Captive II (v. 2) (Paperback)

My Richard Manton collection is approximately 30 different books. I'd be the first to agree with the 1999 Amazon reviewer that THE CAPTIVE II seems 'cut and paste(d) from other works by the same author.'

There is however a hypnotic quality to RM's prose that lulls and seduces; writing chops of that caliber Manton achieves via the repetitive rhythms he unfurls on the page. This repetition manifests itself on solid RM turf. Familiar bottoms: Brigid and Lesley's; familiar villains: Col. Manrique and De Xantra; familiar locale: the Cambina Alta plantation in the rugged terrain of Cheluna; familiar affiliations: Rio 6, modern day white slavers and Barbary pirates; familiar set pieces: some girl's going to get spanked and sexed for dubious reasons, with spectators.

But it's all good, it's a Richard Manton spanker, for gosh sakes! His work is teeming with stupid people doing stupid things to stupider people. It's not supposed to be taken seriously, it's black comedy. The limousine sequence early in the novel is especially erotic.

I quite liked this one.