Title: Sweet Dreams (The Mission of Alex Kane #1) Author: John Preston Published by: Alyson Publications, 1984 ISBN: 0-932870-57-0 [trade paperback, 122 pages]
Who says heroes can't be gay?Somebody was daring to mess with young gay men in Boston. Somebody thought they could make a quick buck by exploiting the problems of gay youth. Somebody had never heard of Alex Kane.
Alex Kane. In Vietnam, the only lover he had known had been killed by a homophobic coward. Now Kane's sorrow had turned to anger, and he had resolved to fight back against anyone, anywhere, who dared to challenge the dreams of gay men.
Alex Kane: a gay hero in the tradition of the Destroyer and the Executioner. His only goal is justice for gay people. His only weakness is for other men.
Alex Kane found love for the first time -- and the only time -- in the stinking jungles of Vietnam. But it was not to last. When a homophobic sergeant killed his lover, Kane reacted like many other men would, trying to drown his sorrows in the Tenderloin. But Alex Kane wasn't like other men, and that solution didn't work.
Instead, he decided to make use of the lethal skills he had learned in Vietnam. Rather than drown in self-pity, Alex Kane rose up in rage. With the aid of an unexpected benefactor, Kane began his life-long mission: to relentlessly track down and wipe out anyone, anywhere, who dared try to bring harm to his fellow gays.
Each of the books in this series focuses on a different segment or aspect of the gay population or is triggered off of a real-life incident. The story line in Sweet Dreams focuses on gay youth and the additional pressures they face in our society. - Jay
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