by Jeff Mann
Outside an isolated cabin, winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside, two men, lovers, have enacted a plan of revenge, kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them. Al, the accomplice, has stalked Rob for weeks, and his infatuation with the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. So much so that he finds himself drawn to protect Rob from the rage and vengeance burning away his partner Jay's insides. Caring for their bound and gagged captive, with each passing day, Al finds his power over Rob a potent and irresistible aphrodisiac and his heart dangerously moved. But Jay has no intention of ever allowing the young man to escape.
Winner of the Pauline Reage Novel Award of the National Leather Association: International!
Fog
Paperback, 228 pages
"Mr. Mann is a remarkable writing talent with the ability to delve into the darkest corners of the human psyche and behaviour through absolutely beautiful and poetic prose." - Indie Reader
"Mann, whose Lambda Literary Award winning reputation rests on a volume of short fiction, A History of Barbed Wire, as well as several collections of poetry and essays comes up a winner with this, his first novel. Its set-up is similar to the novella which ends Barbed Wire, ''The Quality of Mercy,'' but he takes Fog in a much different direction as well as using the longer form to explore the aftermath of the kidnapping and its effect on the victim as well as his captor....Fog is a deftly crafted, fine thriller with lots of kink, a perfect appetizer for Mann's forthcoming Civil War novel, Purgatory." - Out in Print
"I can't recommend this one highly enough. It's dark, yes, but it's just so damn poetic and beautifully written that even the cruelest moments are stunning." - 'Nathan Burgoine