Twists and Turns

'Sweet blood, no,' he whispered. 'Not now. Please, any time but now.'"Only the loyal presence of one man has kept him alive. Now that man's loyalty is about to be tested. In the queendom's royal prison, a young torturer is forced to choose between his principles and his love. At the same moment, a homeless youth living elsewhere in the queendom's capital receives comfort and compassion from a rich man mourning the loss of his son. But when the youth decides to fight the Eternal Dungeon's torturers in order to defend the liberty of his patron, he comes to realize that his battle must extend further than he had expected. This suspenseful novella (short novel) can be read on its own or as the second story in the "Transformation" volume of The Eternal Dungeon, an award-winning speculative fiction series set in a nineteenth-century prison where the psychologists wield whips. Friendship, family, gay love, and rebellion are intertwining plotlines in the series.