Grasp And Then... Presented By Brenda Bryce Classified In Brochure

a time of plenty, on

a planet of wealth, boredom is abated by witnessing life and death struggles,

Geoff, a human gladiator/slave, is one of two survivors of the days entertainment, Ardis is a nonhuman, unlike any being Geoff had ever encountered in his restricted life, When Ardis offers to comfort him and care for his wounds for the night, Geoff can do no other but accept, For on the morrow they are to fight each other to the death, In a futuristic world humans seem to be degraded to a primitive time, They no more fight for live, but use slaves as gladiators in arenas, A gladiator has no hope for freedom, even if he is the last one to survive, For him it means only a one more night before the next fight,

This time, Geoff, a human, a Ardis, a man with the pelt of an animal, are the two to survive.
They don't hate each other, and so for this last night they decide to share a room and spend time healing each other and loving each other.
Geoff has always been a slave, he doesn't know other life, but Ardis was a freeman, and tries to convince Geoff that outside the arena there is a world worthy to be seen.


The story is pretty short, less thanpages, but it's very enjoyable, Geoff and Ardis, even if strong warriors, aren't animal, They have feeling and dream, and the need for a lovely touch from another human being, In this short story there is more sex than what you would expect, but for me, who loves more the romance and less the war, it is a bonus.
Maybe I'd like to be a bit longer, and I hope to have the chance in the future to read a entire M/M novel by Brenda Bryce.


sitelink livejournal. com/ .Stars Brenda Bryce has been married to the same wonderful man for half her life, He gave her three children during that time, As time passed and the children grew, Brenda took up writing to give her a little me time, She also loves crochet and knitting and reads to the dismay of her husband, who is tired of tripping over piles of books and yarn.
She spentyears in the U, S. Army when she was young and is very proud to have served her country, As a transplant to Southern California she has learned to love the desert anddegree heat it is a dry heat, you know and the sunsets are worth it.
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