From award-winning author Cecilia Tan, author of Slow Surrender and the Magic University series, comes a complex science fiction romance of dominance and submission.
Roommates Kobi and Merin have a problem. They live in a carefree, utopian society where oppression and inequality have been eradicated, everyone has a say in the government, and everyone has plenty of food, clothing and sex. The problem? Kobi and Merin harbor secret taboo desires, fantasizing about erotic slavery and sexual domination. Through their computer networks they seek out others who share their desires. But when their society opens diplomacy and trade with a war-like, domineering culture, suppressed desires burst forth. Is it the end of the world as they know it? Originally serialized in TASTE OF LATEX Magazine, Cecilia Tan's "The Velderet," presents an erotic world like no other.
