Product Description

An erotic adventure story for men who love men, set at the time of the Jacobite Rebellion in war-torn Scotland. Charles Gordon is sold into near-slavery as the plaything of corrupt military officials, but his talents-both in and out of bed-win him powerful friends as well as dangerous foes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2135440 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

About the Author
James Lear is the pen-name of an established literary novelist and critic who writes on culture in the British daily and weekly press.

Customer Reviews

A young man is kidnapped and sold into near-slavery..
Young Charles Gordon reaches adulthood ignorant of his family's heroic past in the Jacobite Rebellion.He sets out to discover the truth about his father, but instead is kidnapped by mercenaries and sold into near-slavery as the plaything of a set of corrupt military officials.
But Charlie's talents, both in bed and out of it,win him powerful friends and dangerous foes.
a well told story,good sex

Sold Into Sexual Slavery
Lear, James. "The Low Road", Cleis Press, 2009.

Sold into Sexual Slavery

Amos Lassen


If you remember Richard Louis Stevenson's classic tale, "Kidnapped", you have a general idea what James Lear's gay erotic fiction novel is about. This book is set in Scotland of the 18th century against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion. Charles Gordon left home because he wanted a more exciting life and becomes involved in political (and sexual) intrigue. He is exceptionally handsome and has no trouble finding men to help him in his work and the fact that he is very well endowed sexually only adds to his mystique. He manages to find his way into all kinds of situations including freeing the man who holds his heart from jail, being involved with a randy bunch of pirates or a battalion of sex-starved troops. This is a story of spies and double agents and those who scheme. There is every kind of sex here and eroticism is everywhere. What makes this so special is the way the author combines sex and literature to make this read (like his other books, "The Back Passage", "Hot Valley", "The Palace of Varieties" and "The Secret Tunnel") an experience. The sex is hot but what really keeps you reading is the beauty of Lear's written word.

Total Rubbish
I should have known better. Although it's said you can't tell a book by its cover...in the case of "The Low Road", I should have trusted my better instincts. The cover is a dead give-away. I love period fiction and I enjoy gay literature, but this book is neither. It's nothing more than the gay equivalent of a smutty bodice ripper -- all longing and panting. It was all I could do to get through the first chapter before tossing this ridiculous book into the recycle bin.