Maestro

by Marc Cabot

Marc Cabot's first full-length novel, "Maestro" tells the story of a man who wants to conduct the greatest music of all - the Song of Consciousness.


For more than ten years, former graduate student David Jones has been living hand-to-mouth in a basement apartment in the slums of New York, working in secret on his brilliant invention, the Pitchpipe. The Pitchpipe, when complete, will give him the ability to reconfigure the consciousness of any person - allowing unlimited control of their minds.


The Pitchpipe brings David into a world of dominance and submission he didn't even know existed, and into conflict with a haughty dominatrix who finds his sudden appearance and absolute mastery of beautiful slave girls - who'll do literally anything he wishes - an unacceptable challenge. Though he treasures his lovely instruments and meets every setback with intelligence and humor, the conflict soon escalates out of control.


The end of David's risky journey through strange seas of thought and the dark underside of New York's nightlife is far from certain. To save himself and what he's accomplished from the vicious mistress, he will have to become... the Maestro.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2011

About the author

I'm Marc Cabot, author of the Dreams of Control series of erotic mind control books and The Reunion, an erotic novella with dominance/submission themes. I started writing fiction because there were stories in my head that wouldn't let me rest. Hopefully, they'll do the same for you - at least for a while!

I also maintain the Erotic Mind Control Books and More Listmania! lists on Amazon.com, which you can see at the following links.

Erotic Mind Control Books and More: http://amzn.com/lm/R202I9AZNSH76M

Erotic Mind Control Books and More II: The Return! http://amzn.com/lm/R313U9L26D6PDD

And the "So You'd Like To... Explore Erotic Hypnosis or Mind Control?" Guide:

http://amzn.com/sy/R10V7IIMCC0O2K

Trivia: I have a really interesting day job which I unfortunately can't talk about. :) I live in Chicago, Illinois and my interests include psychology, hypnosis/hypnotherapy, BDSM, science, law, philosophy, and blowing things up.

Reviews

[Mphoto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bless you, Amazon recommendation-algorithm, for noticing I bought Cabot's first book and telling me he had another one up. :)

The first book in this series, "Awakening," I really liked, but it's a novella with a pretty straightforward plot. (Although at least the main character *thinks* about the ramifications of his actions and doesn't just get to screwin'.) It's *not* a sequel to "Awakening," the characters and the mind-control method are totally different. This is a full-length novel with a consistent universe, complex characters, and multi-level conflict.

Oh, and screwin'. Lots of that too. As in his other book, the sex scenes are well-written. They are fairly explicit, but not crude. They don't read like the transcript of a porn flick. There are also some fairly light bondage/discipline scenes, all "consensual." (This is a book about mind control, after all. Consensuality is relative.)

Admittedly, it's on the short side for a novel - nowadays it seems like pop fiction has to run six hundred pages so they can justify charging you nine bucks for a paperback. But the price is quite reasonable and the story's a lot of fun. And if you are into "romantic" erotic mind control you will really enjoy this.

I'm not sure what's up with that cover photo, though. I think it's supposed to be Maya, who's a character in the book, but she's Indian (the character.) At least on my screen she looks more like she's from Jersey. I had to laugh, though, when I realized what that necklace is she's wearing. If you don't recognize it, it's a pitchpipe. (I remember them from Sunday School choir.)

[Mphoto · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first book in this series, "Awakening," I really liked, but it's a novella with a pretty straightforward plot. (Although at least the main character *thinks* about the ramifications of his actions and doesn't just get to screwin'.) It's *not* a sequel to "Awakening," the characters and the mind-control method are totally different. This is a full-length novel with a consistent universe, complex characters, and multi-level conflict.

Oh, and screwin'. Lots of that too. As in his other book, the sex scenes are well-written. They are fairly explicit, but not crude. They don't read like the transcript of a porn flick. There are also some fairly light bondage/discipline scenes, all "consensual." (This is a book about mind control, after all. Consensuality is relative.)

Admittedly, it's on the short side for a novel - nowadays it seems like pop fiction has to run six hundred pages so they can justify charging you nine bucks for a paperback. But the price is quite reasonable and the story's a lot of fun. And if you are into "romantic" erotic mind control you will really enjoy this.

I'm not sure what's up with that cover photo, though. I think it's supposed to be Maya, who's a character in the book, but she's Indian (the character.) At least on my screen she looks more like she's from Jersey. I had to laugh, though, when I realized what that necklace is she's wearing. If you don't recognize it, it's a pitchpipe. (I remember them from Sunday School choir.)

[Theo Solether · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of the Marc Cabot books

[Marc Cabot · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a short novel, it's definitely in the top ten books of all time.

Okay. Top twenty.