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Title: The Wings of Icarus by Robert L. Allen, Robert S. Fifield, Marcus J. Trahan ISBN: 0-9655100-0-X Publisher: Robert L. Allen Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Leather Romance of the Highest Order
Comment: "The Wings Of Icarus" doesn't conform to the way Leather Novels are supposed to read. Conventional books in the lifestyle usually end up in treachery or deceit, with some shadowy figure from the protagonist's past showing up to commit mayhem or creating dangerous and life threatening situations. But "The Wings Of Icarus" shatters those stereotypes. At its heart of hearts, it is, shockingly, a romantic novel. Not only that, a romantic novel where aspects of the heart come ahead of the kink and the bondage.

A family of men take in a fourth, a wandering stranger named Andy O'Shaunsey, and teach him about caring and commitment. On its original release, I considered "The Wings Of Icarus" a benchmark book, a mainstream gay novel that incorporated Leathersex just as lovingly as most other genres would scandalize it. It's a turnover of every foundation for SM Novels of the last few decades (save David Stein's "Swept Away"), tossing out the rule that states that men discover the magic of Leather Lifestyle only through brutality or some other sinister contrivance.

What Daddy Bob has arrived at is something must other Leathermen don't have the guts to write about, and that is love. Four men who depend on each other for spiritual protection as opposed to protection from evil. These men must struggle psychically to maintain a level headed acceptance of the doors open before them. To that end, one can barely call "The Wings Of Icarus" an SM novel. At its core, it's a romantic novel. A romance where bondage is just part of the trust, the sight of a cross means a vision of what is holy and not just a thing to be restrained to. "The Wings Of Icarus" is a book that will help many understand the warmth and humanity that many of us in the lifestyle honestly feel.

Rating: 5
Summary: Erotic Fiction at its best
Comment: A great view of the leather family, mentoring, and passing on the baton. While the BDSM aspect is a great bonus, the family bond is even more heartwarming.