The Sorceror's Web   by T. P. Macer
Reviewer: Meg Rating: ***
Sorcerer's Web is almost a coming of age story about a grown man who has been raised with such severe constraints that he is unable to perceive himself fully. His vision of his inner self is constricted and narrow. He is in denial of his own potential. Others see him for what he really is and their solution to the problem of his denial is to shock him out of it. This premise is the base of a story of knights and sorcery, good guys and bad guys, and a romance between the two lead characters. The knight in denial, Morgan, doesn't understand the power of his inner self. He believes himself to be one person,, a slave, an assassin, while those who know him best see him quite differently. He is sent by his master, a dark sorcerer, to the kingdom of Cardia to assasinate it's greatest champion, Pell, only to fall in love with his target. He is unable to complete his mission, but is found out by Pell and the court. Pell and the king take drastic measures to bring Morgan to his senses because the future of Cardia depends on it. The course of romance doesn't run smoothly and Morgan and Pell alternate doubts about one another's committment. There is also a section of the book devoted to Morgan's rehabilitation that adds some nice master/slave and bondage touches. One problem I found with this book is that, although it is a fantasy that takes place in a fairly medieval sort of time, the language is somewhat inconsistent, alternating from the more formal to the modern colloquial. I found this a bit distracting. However if you like explicit sex, mild s/m bondage, and romance, it is all here so maybe the language issue is not so important.
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