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Erlik Solongo is a buu, a Mongolian shaman who is heir to a spiritual tradition going back thousands of years. Following that tradition in modern-day California has its challenges, though: Erlik\u2019s shamanic forebears probably didn\u2019t have to balance the demands of the spirits with the financial and academic woes of grad school, much less with forays into a gay BDSM scene that\u2019s not always friendly to dominant Asian men.<\/p>\n

His shamanic abilities have their upside too, though: when a crazed gunman shows up on campus, Erlik turns out to be the only one in a position to stop him, saving the life of a young man named Paj. Instantly drawn to one another, Erlik and Paj soon tumble into a sexual relationship that might have the potential to become something more serious. But Erlik wants a relationship he can be open about, while Paj worries about his traditionally-minded family\u2019s disapproval.<\/p>\n

Veteran Circlet author Raven Kaldera brings together Mongolian religion and myth, the struggle to find a balance between tradition and modernity, and (of course) plenty of hot kinky sex in this gay BDSM erotic romance.<\/p>\n

About the author: Raven Kaldera is the author of 34 books and innumerable short stories. He lives on a small homestead in Massachusetts with his polymorphously perverse polyamorous family, and a few goats, sheep, and chickens. \u2018Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.<\/p>\n

Look under the cut for an excerpt\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Erlik pulled up a chair next to the bedridden boy, and asked, \u201cHow\u2019s the leg?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, they got the bullet out of it,\u201d Paj said. \u201cIt only went into the muscle tissue, missed the bone and the artery, so I was luckier than I could have been.\u201d His eyes were still devouring Erlik. \u201cYou meant what you said, about being a shaman, then? I wasn\u2019t sure if you were kidding around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. I am a buu, or at least I am studying for it. I am bagshagui, which means that I don\u2019t have a human teacher around, and I\u2019m learning straight from the spirits.\u201d He grinned wryly. \u201cI\u2019m also in school for Asian history and anthropology, because I have to do something in the real world as well. Besides, it might get me a grant to go to Mongolia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you certainly impressed my parents. Good thinking, asking them to get offerings for the spirits, although you\u2019d have been out of luck if they\u2019d converted to Christianity. They believe you\u2019re for real now, at least.\u201d Paj smiled nervously.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t ask in order to impress your parents,\u201d Erlik said calmly, the smile vanishing. \u201cI did it because I need the offerings. It\u2019s part of what keeps the wheels greased between me and my spirits.\u201d He paused. \u201cDo you believe I\u2019m real? That I\u2019m serious?\u201d<\/p>\n

Paj hesitated again. \u201cI believe you\u2019re serious. Whether I believe in all that traditional spirit stuff\u2026 I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve been trying to get away from that, as fast as I can. To be modern. The traditional ways aren\u2019t\u2026 good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d Erlik asked. \u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know much at all about Hmong culture, and I\u2019m not saying that there aren\u2019t plenty of customs that we could do without, but\u2026 that sounded to me like you meant it personally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The youth in the bed turned his head away, and his voice was tight and angry. \u201cI\u2019m a disgrace to my family,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I was lying there on the floor, shot and bleeding out, do you know what I was thinking? That my family would be happier if I was dead. According to the old ways, I\u2019m better off that way.\u201d His voice cracked, and then he went on, \u201cAnd then you walked in like something out of some history book. My first thought, I kid you not, was that you were some spirit of the ancients, come to take me away to death. Except then you saved my life. And you\u2019re not a spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d said Erlik. \u201cI just work for them. And for what it\u2019s worth, my parents are completely assimilated\u2014and I\u2019m a disgrace to my family, too.\u201d He smiled, and Paj let out a short, choking laugh in spite of himself. The moment lightened, and Erlik took a chance. \u201cOf course, my own family disgrace is only halfway about the fact that I ran off to be some kind of superstitious juju-man. The other half of it is because I\u2019m gay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dead silence fell between them. Erlik waited, thinking, If he doesn\u2019t say something in another few seconds I\u2019m going to go back to being dead polite, and maybe excuse myself and sit in the hall until the parents arrive with my schwag. Boy, am I stupid. Should have kept my big mouth shut.<\/i> And then, in a very small voice, Paj said, \u201cSo am I.\u201d<\/p>\n

A rolling wave of warmth seemed to pass out from Erlik\u2019s heart to flow through his body, and he closed his eyes and smiled. Ah, thank you, Uncle. Now I see.<\/i> \u201cAnd your parents know, and they\u2019re angry because you won\u2019t be giving them grandchildren,\u201d he said. \u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paj turned back to look at him. \u201cYeah. I guess you would.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have a boyfriend?\u201d Erlik asked, trying to keep his voice casual, as if it was some small-talk triviality, but Paj jerked in surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2014no, of course not,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never even done anything. Except know. And say something about it, once. That was a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erlik stood up and came over to him. \u201cHonesty is never a mistake,\u201d he said, and took Paj\u2019s chin in his hand, and leaned over. He stopped there, two inches from Paj\u2019s face, and waited. If the youth had twisted away, or evaded his glance, he would have let go. Instead, Paj stared at him, breath coming hard, lips parting slightly, fear and desire in his eyes. That, Erlik realized, explained his intense stare. Fear and desire. He leaned over the rest of the way and sank his tongue into Paj\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n

His hand moved around to the back of Paj\u2019s neck and he held him firmly in place while devouring him. This is what it\u2019s like when a man kisses you, boy. It\u2019s not gentle. See, it starts out gentle for a moment, and then it\u2019s animal, crushing into you, taking you. Will you give back as good as you get, or will you take it passively? Either is fine with me, but it will tell me who you are. Ah, you yield to me, you don\u2019t even move your hands to encircle me. I see you now. I see you\u2026 and I will have you. Uncle sent you to me.<\/i> He let go, abruptly, and smiled into Paj\u2019s gasping face. \u201cYou could have said no,\u201d he said, \u201cif you didn\u2019t want it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other youth nodded, but didn\u2019t speak. Erlik suddenly realized that his hands were still stained with dried blood. \u201cI should use your bathroom,\u201d he said softly, jerking his head at the small toilet room in the corner. \u201cI\u2019ve still got your blood on my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paj\u2019s breath came even harder. And that turns us both on, doesn\u2019t it?<\/i><\/p>\n

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