INTRODUCTION

Roman legionaries, Britannic thieves, Egyptian royal guards, Vikings and barbarians and every sort of dashing warrior in between spill from the following adventure-teeming pages with tales of battles both past and future. Revel in the heart-pounding victories, sob at the wretched defeats, but, more importantly, immerse yourself in the steaming erotic encounters between enemies and allies alike, of men conquering men both on the field and in their beds.

Rhidian Brenig Jones temptingly starts us off with “Athene Noctua,” where our Roman hero finds himself held captive by the Silures, until captivity becomes a willing threesome you won’t soon forget. Mortal enemies turned lovers grace the pages of Salome Wilde’s “To the Victor,” while Evey Brett offers us the impossibly beautiful and harrowing tale of feudal Japanese warriors in “Dragon’s Son.” Brent Archer tells of a Viking battle with barbarian Picts in “The Orkney Landing,” and of two lovers adding a third to their lives, while Eric Del Carlo thrills us with “A Time for Thieves,” the guard in the story, of all things, a sexy albino. In between, read of a Greek and a Thracian prince, Revolutionary War Tories and Patriots, a Moldavian king, Gothic barbarians, Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters, and, to finish it all off, the hauntingly original and futuristic “Mojave,” by famed erotica writer Dale Chase.

With a backdrop of sweeping vistas and fields bloody with battle, of remote deserts and landscapes long forgotten, the stories that follow are intricately woven, beautifully rendered and always of the highest literary caliber. In short, this collection is sure to have something for everyone!

Enjoy and happy reading,

Rob Rosen

San Francisco