"18" (Spiral-bound)

by F.R.R Mallory aka Mistress Steel (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
"18" fiction. Is the ultimate in cult erotica. Set technically in modern day, it transports a reader back in time. Set in a medieval Dungeon it lets one explore the controversial and unusual relationship practices enjoyed between Mistress and slave. To give up voluntary submissiveness, give up complete control, the feeling of being owned as the property of another, to do with what they may.

About the Author
About the Author F.R.R Mallory aka Mistress Steele. Active in the BDSM community for over twenty years as first a bottom/submissive and later a Top/Dominant , she has spent many years exploring and researching the fundamental dynamics which are at the center of the relationships identified within this lifestyle. Because of the response to her articles and short story releases, over the internet, and newsletter mailing, known as the Steel Dungeon, read by almost 500,000 people weekly. She was prompted by friends, family, and the community,to compile her articles and other material into book form to make them more accessible to a wider BDSM and mainstream population.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 367 pages
• Publisher: Unbound Books (December 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893006220
• ISBN-13: 978-1893006225
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,499,290 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good story nor very erotic, November 15, 1999

By A Customer

I didn't like this book. Not because of the subject, but because the plot was weak, the characters shallow, and the erotica non-existant.

18, the main character, narrates this tale of his introduction into a BDSM cult. He sells himself into slavery hoping to serve a beautiful and dominant women. As reality sinks in that his pleasure isn't important we're subject to his long boring self-examination and trip of self discovery that never really goes anywhere. I found it really boring everytime he got whipped, screamed how much he hated it, then confessed to himself he really wants more and wanted to please the holder of the whip better. It wasn't loving BDSM but psychological torture, for all of us.

A mystery developes that someone is trying to destroy the cult, but it was so unclear what was happening that I coudn't follow it. I was waiting for at least one good sex scene and, lacking that, a good plot twist.

I was disappointed all around.

On the plus side, if you just have to read any story with BDSM, it does give some insite into the Master and slave paradigm: the true meaning of slavery.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intense and illuminating view into the mind of a submissive, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

i finished reading both "Rhapsody" (also by Mistress S.) and "18" this week. I found them both very intense. However, "Rhapsody" was vaguely disturbing to me. i never felt like the submissive really was strong enough to make a choice, and there was no evidence or background to indicate that she was innately submissive to begin with. i felt like there was a certain amount of coercion and mind that only has a place within an already established, negotiated D/s relationship. But i still enjoyed it - except sometimes i got confused as to what was actually happening, as it was written in SUCH an impressionistic fashion.

i liked "18" a lot more. Even thought the situation was a bit fantastic, the behavior and relationships and dynamics between the Dom/mes, subs/slaves, were portrayed with great insight. The multi-levels of hierarchy were fascinating.

The best thing about the book, though, was the mental and emotional experiences of the submissive, the many revelations he encountered in the process of turning his fantasies into reality, and the inner struggle with his own resistance Vs his desire to submit to a Dominant force. More than just about any other BDSM/fiction book i have read, "18" described and defined the intense emotional battles a would-be submissive must fight against their ego, inner self, and external conditioning,before they can finally truly submit - and attain the peace of mind and complacency to be content as a "slave" to another's will, and to another's needs.

i felt that, as one who aspires to be the full-time, life-long submissive of a Dominant i entirely adore, this book was a wake-up call, of sorts. Not so much an "instruction manual" for the "perfect" slave, but definitely a cornucopia of food for thought, and self-analysis, that, hopefully, will assist this "one" in reaching her goal.

Masterwhp's vixen

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars did not enjoy this book at all....., November 13, 2000

By	Jennifer (California) - See all my reviews

this book takes you back into medievel time. The story is weak and talks about a submissive man and his mistress, it's not at all interesting. I wanted to throw it away after reading it halfways. I made myself finish reading because I paid for it, I shouldn't have wasted my money.....