Yin-Yang
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
An urban fantasy novel about power and freedom and trust
Mages in North America seem to have it all – typically from well-off families, and able to manipulate their environment in ways most of the world would never believe. They don’t even have to bother with the mundane details of life like housework, thanks to their sensitives, who also make a useful source for extra magical energy. After all, sensitives have no use for it themselves, and if mages weren’t meant to make use of it, then the sensitives would obviously have some way to prevent that. That a mage can transform a sensitive physically, with no restrictions beyond overall mass and basic biological viability, whereas magic tends not to work directly on any other living thing, is only further proof. And look at the way they live on their own, barely a step above animals. It’s better for them to belong to a mage.
Sensitives in North America live on the edge of society and survival – typically so paranoid they avoid hospitals and anything else that could lead to being tracked, many of them with little or no education and no legal identity or existence. Mages exist, and mages want sensitives for some reason, but no one ever comes back to explain what that reason is. Waiting every day for the hunters to notice them doesn’t lead to much motivation or hope for the future. And once they’re captured, they’re the property of someone with a terrifying amount of power over them. Anything is better than capture.
Mages are born to be the masters, and sensitives are born victims. Or are they?
Jax's life is turned upside-down when he's caught by the hunters and sold to a mage. Andreas is still mourning for his previous sensitive, though, unconsciously creating a difficult standard for Jax to live up to, all the more so while still struggling to come to terms with this new reality as Andreas' sensitive.
A runaway sensitive isn't what Van expects at the mental health centre. Is this a hunter trap, set for him and the rest of the Donovan family by the hunters? The hunters would, after all, love to see them cross the line openly and finally do something they can be charged with. Either way, Miranda's genuinely in trouble, and he can't just abandon her to it.
Snatching a sensitive out from under the hunters and hiding her is odd behaviour for a mage – but then, Catherine is an odd mage, living in disgrace in the old servants' quarters of her grandmother's house, responsible for cooking and housework. Lila owes Catherine her freedom; is there a way to help Catherine achieve her own, and at what price?
Tension is building between traditionally-minded mages and those advocating change; the Donovans and their allies are increasingly active in trying to improve life for free sensitives and protect tame ones. Then hunters find a copy of Van's book about mages and sensitives... in the hands of a free sensitive. With charges of sedition and immorality against Van, for writing unbiased observations rather than accepted "truth" and for allowing it to reach free sensitives, the outcome of this hearing is going to have consequences far beyond his own fate.
*** Yin-Yang includes a small amount of profanity and no graphic sex or violence. However, sex and gender roles and relationships within the mage/sensitive subculture are non-traditional in mainstream North American terms. The key criterion in a primary relationship is not relative sex or gender, but the pairing of mage and sensitive; given the transformation of sensitives by their mages, physical sex is non-absolute for a sensitive, and gender identity can vary as in anyone else. ***
Steph Shangraw
I write fantasy novels, often urban, frequently with alternative sexuality/gender themes. I've been writing for over two decades and have several completed novels, but have finally begun to look for more effective ways to get them into the world. I would rather be writing than doing almost anything, except perhaps spending time with my three rescued cats. However, when not doing either, I'm generally making cat toys or doing something involving the lolanimals site I run.
Related to Yin-Yang
Related ebooks
The Taoist Five Elements : Bare Basics Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Acupuncture Traditional Chinese: Guide Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiraculous Taegeuk Therapy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDr. Kuhns' Acupuncture System Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPractic In Acupuncture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Traditional Chinese Health Secrets: The Essential Guide to Harmonious Living Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere Are Plenty of Secrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsZhu You Shisan Ke: Mystical Ancient Chinese Healing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe ‘Mystical’ Tcm Triple Energizer: Its Elusive Location and Morphology Defined Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Healing, Killing Power of Qi: Ancient Secrets for Smart Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Acupuncture of The Mind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Chinese Medicine Diet Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Beginner’s Guide to Acupuncture: Discover the Power of Acupuncture and How its Benefit to Your Life Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Acupuncture Points For Beginners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/510 Myths About Acupuncture That Turn Out to Be Hoaxes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnow Your Mind Power: A Guide to Achieve your Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Yin, You Yang: Interpreting Relationships the Chinese Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Earth Persona: Mnemonic Method an Informal Chinese Herbal Guidebook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcupuncture For Cynics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnswers to Common Tai Chi and Qigong Questions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll You Need to Know About Acupuncture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Qigong for Treating Common Ailments: The Essential Guide to Self Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Healing by Qi Gong Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIllustrations Of Special Effective Acupoints for common Diseases Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaiji Qi Gong in 22 Steps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Guide to Acupuncture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tao of No Stress: Three Simple Paths Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQigong for Self-Refinement: Total Health with the 5 Elements Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Gay Fiction For You
Anyone for a Threesome? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lie With Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Him: Him, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Marvellous Light Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Coming Out: 14 Erotica Closet Gay Bundle Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Trials of the Innermost: Etherea Cycle, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThese Violent Delights: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reality of Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silver in the Wood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Young Mungo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Us: Him, #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Zombie: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Exquisite Corpse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Wall: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Trash Warlock Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle: Chapter Sampler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKiss Her Once for Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Persian Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Faggots Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maurice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just by Looking at Him: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Impossible Beauties: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Orlando: A Biography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Boy's Own Story: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Charioteer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Yin-Yang
1 rating0 reviews