Slaves of Tarne (Idol Series) [Paperback]

Gordon Neale (Author)

Book Description

Series: Idol Series | Publication Date: September 1998

A casual meeting draws Pascal into one of his long - held fantasies. He surrenders his mundane life to follow the mysterious and alluring Casper to Tarne, an isolated community where slavery thrives. At first he is everything a slave should be, and willing so - until he begins to sense a sinister aspect to Casper's magnetism. Tarne is everything he has dreamed of: a place where his true nature, his need to be debased and owned, can finally be satisfied. But is his safety - and the safety of those he has grown to love - really under threat? And what indignities will he suffer before he's ready to give up the pleasures of submission?

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Black Lace (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352332735
• ISBN-13: 978-0352332738
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,664,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Truth Shall Set You Free, March 11, 2000

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Drew Brainiard "watchword" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slaves of Tarne (Idol Series) (Paperback)

Lemme share a little something I learned writing romance for women (that's right--want to make something of it?) Sometimes less is more. Sometimes what the writer leaves out is more interesting than what the writer puts in. Granted, that SOMETIMES is a big sometimes (as big as some of the appendages in Neale's SLAVES OF TARNE), a big, fat, qualified SOMETIMES. But in this case--and in the case of 99% of m/m erotica--less is more. In Slaves of Tarne we have (besides the jarring constant switch from third to first person narrative) an undefined place and time. The narrator mentions 'electricity in the air,' and glass doors, and yet people are drinking ale out of tankards and wearing cloaks. But okay, I'll go with it. I'm caught by the skillfully handled eroticism in the first scene between Pascal and the beautiful, hypnotic and crazed Caspar. But then the story switches to Denton and then Pascal and then Troy and then Pascal and then...you get it. Heck, everybody gets it. Because that's all this book is. Caspar takes beautiful boys to his S/M version of Fantasy Island, and misuses them (in graphically depicted loving detail), getting ever closer to killing someone, and the big question is, will Pascal manage to tear himself away in time? Every scene, every thought, every conversation is about sex. And yet I complain. See, I have a fantasy too, and that is that porn can be blended with plot and even dialog to create something called a story (aka 'erotic fiction') which would be satisfying for both the mind AND body.

4.0 out of 5 stars Delicious things happen to these slaves-AND there is a story., February 22, 2008

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Jane (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slaves of Tarne (Idol Series) (Paperback)

This was the first IDOL book I read and I loved it!Gorgeous slaves on this isolated island are treated like cattle. Herded into pens, branded, put on display and auctioned off.YUMMY! Pascal surrender his mundane life to his secret fantasy and follows the alluring Casper. He feels he is a good slave until Casper shows him the indignities he will suffer before he really submits.
sadistic lust, loving romance, bdsm. D/s
If you want to follow these luscious men into degrading slavery and also a good story...this is for you! 'screaming with delight!' :)
Couldn't wait to read the sequel To Serve Two Masters.