Catalyst

by Kracken

Sparks is notorious for clumsiness. Useless on his family's farm, and a danger to himself and others, his father sends Sparks away to work as a clerk for Martin DeLuce, a self proclaimed scientist.Unfortunately, Sparks soon discovers that the rumors of the man's eccentricities are true. DeLuce surrounds himself with a bizarre assortment of servants, pays exorbitant prices for blonde cats, and forbids Sparks to enter a basement where Sparks swears he can periodically hear a man singing. When DeLuce's experiments seem to cross the border from true science into the Devil's alchemy, Sparks begins to fear for his life and his soul. His questions about the fate of Phi, the scribe who proceeded him, remain unanswered until Sparks dares to enter the basement and finds the man caged and unwillingly taking part in one of DeLuce's experiments. They escape together, but Phi has been changed radically by DeLuce's alchemy. Though Phi is beautiful, there are few places a man can safely go when he shares the agility and likeness of a cat. Despite every hand being against them, Sparks finds himself unwilling to abandon Phi. He soon realizes that, against all the teachings of his father and his community, he has done the unthinkable;fallen in love with someone who is not only another man, but wears the face of one of the Devil's own. Now Sparks must discover if his love is strong enough to save them both.

Genres: Fantasy

152 pages, ebook

First published November 23, 2013

About the author

I've been writing m/m since I was twelve. Now that I'm fifty, I think it's a lifetime obsession. ^_^