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William Maltese, best known for
hugely popular gay novels like Summer Sweat, When Summer Comes, and the
Stud Draqual Mystery Series, offers a gay adventure novel, SS Mann
Hunt.
Actually, this first-person narrative seamlessly combines adventure,
romance, and erotica. The erotica takes over at times, and even some of
the narrator’s descriptions of physical surroundings become intensely
sexual.
With Brad Lexly and Kurt Mann searching a South American jungle to
learn what happened to their fathers, they constantly encounter danger,
and have constant encounters with each other. Some might call it pulp
fiction, but from an inventive author who can turn phrases in brilliant
ways and keep readers turning pages.
Adding to the tension, it looks like Kurt’s father—the renowned
scientist Sebastian S. Mann—might have been a Nazi war criminal. Twists
and turns occur often, but Maltese holds off on the biggest revelations
until late in the novel.
Maltese’s life sounds like an adventure, so it’s no surprise that he
excels at writing adventure. Besides authoring over a hundred novels
under various names, he has served in the U.S. Army, traveled the
globe, and worked with a vast array of publishers. Book lovers will
doubtlessly keep hearing his name(s) during talks of many different
genres, and I look forward to discovering more of his writing.
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Duane Simolke, DuaneSimolke.Com
Author of The Acorn Stories and Degranon. Editor and co-author of The
Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. Degranon received
a 2003 Pride in the Arts Award from the Stonewallsociety.
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