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With the death of Whitlock, a new home for horror is born…

Garden of the Gods


GOTG Registry
Name: Pistol Stephens
Master #: 0077
Occupation: Rockstar
Slave preference: b
Recruiter #: 21201411
Experience
Beginner
Intermediate ⌧
Experienced


Main Master Notes:

Pistol Stephens never had an easy life. Losing his mother to an overdose as a teen, he blamed his father for the hardship of his tragic childhood. It didn’t help discovering his deadbeat dad had a few secrets of his own.

Secrets…that found their way to the Gardens.

His hate can’t be denied, and the moment Pistol sees Ashlee, her fate is sealed. His focus is to make her pay for the father’s sins. Little does Pistol know, the mystery of Ashlee’s past may very well determine his future.

Blood is thicker than water…especially when you introduce it to heat. -Elec


MAD GIRL PUBLISHING'S RATING:

PITCH BLACK
STATIC WHITE ⌧
OBLIVION

128 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 9, 2022

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About the author

A.A. Dark

44 books1,841 followers
A. A. Dark is an International Bestselling Author and Goodreads Choice Award Finalist in Horror. She is the founder of Mad Girl Publishing and the creator of the Pitch Black brand, now known as the 3 Tiers of Darkness—a signature content warning system that guides readers through the emotional and psychological depth of her work.

Before you step inside, look for which box is checked.

PITCH BLACK ⌧

STATIC WHITE ⌧

OBLIVION ⌧

Each tier reflects the level of darkness within.

Full descriptions of the tiers can be found at the madgirlpublishing website.

These books aren’t for everyone. Proceed with caution.

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Profile Image for TheBookPlatypus.
1,271 reviews268 followers
July 11, 2022
A rockstar and his band members have some dark desires. And that’s why this famous band is at the Garden of the Gods.
Pistol clearly has issues from his childhood and his absentee father, a man who knocked many women up and never provided for them. Pistol knows he’s got half siblings running around the world somewhere and he’s got major issues with thinking he knows they had a better childhood than him.

During the slave auctions, imagine Pistols surprise when he sees his half sister, a girl that could be his twin up on stage…

“If she was going to be the root of anyone’s pleasure or pain—good or bad— that person was me.”

Pistol ends up with three slaves, one being his half sister. She’s unaware of who this man is to her.. she’s just trying to survive this hell.


So this was honestly my least favorite book of the series. I found the characters to be completely unlikeable - which I don’t think I’m supposed to like any characters that go to the Garden of the Gods “retreat” BUT with Pistol being a complete unhinged asshole and the fact there’s a child character- i didn’t like it.
The child is safe. For now. But his future is terrifying and that’s a hard pill to swallow for me. Kids are my limit.

I’m excited to see what’s next though. I’ve been loving these dark novellas!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Dee Trejo.
161 reviews34 followers
July 12, 2022
Pistol Stevens has rocked my world!
This whole series has been amazing and total 5 star reads for me. Each one a different degree of darkness. But Master 77 damn you took it to the next level. Dark, Twisted, and totally taboo this Master will have your head spinning with the depraved. This Rockstar wouldn't be at the Gardens if he was compleatly sane.
I know I'm twisted when there was some scenes in this book left me with a satisfied smile on my face. I was like yesssss this was perfection *chefs kiss*
You totally have outdone your self with this series A. A and I can't wait to see what you have in store for the next Master, Mistress or other!
Profile Image for Sophie Ruthven.
2,368 reviews145 followers
July 9, 2022
Ok so if this was static white level, I'm wondering if I should be worried about oblivion? (In a good but depraved way)
This novella will definitely test your boundaries, I personally have no triggers but felt the boundary line chains rattling.
Blood will seep through the pages, staining your fingers and whatever is left of your tattered soul, and yet I couldn't look away.
There's so many puns I could make about the content using my sick sense of humor, but I don't want to ruin the shock value.
Just maybe make sure you haven't eaten before reading, because as usual this talented author hasn't held back with the detailing.
Profile Image for Karen - Kazza's Books Blog .
648 reviews40 followers
July 9, 2022
This story is a dark horror readers bedtime story. It has taboo, blood, gore, brutality and of course a side of romance to top it off.

Master B-0077, Pistol, is a man who has all the answers, thinks outside of the box but it’s Elec, Main Master, who shows just who reigns supreme.

A. A. Dark pulled out all the stops when writing this story. The series is growing in darkness and I’ve enjoyed every story.
Profile Image for Nicole Johnson.
866 reviews31 followers
August 8, 2022
This is my favorite Garden of the Gods novella! I love Pistol. This one has gore, blood, murder, sex, mystery, deceit, love, lies and revenge. I'm a little nervous for whatever Elec has in store.
Master B-0077 is a dark masterpiece. I loved it so much I read it again when I finished the first time.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves reading darker, more sinister tales.

I read an arc and willingly posted my honest review.
Profile Image for Erin.
3,547 reviews80 followers
July 12, 2022
OOH I love this utterly dark and depraved story about a rockstar. It’s filthy, taboo, kinky, brutal, bloody and filled with lots of gore, which was all so damn deliciously exciting and titillating. Master B-0077 has this undeniable connection with his slave and their chemistry was oozing off the pages and melting my panties.

The imagery and poetic word weaving that is woven into this story will test your boundaries on how much you can withstand before you need to look away.

I love all of these deliciously dark stories and they keep getting better and better as we get introduced to more Masters and more Slaves. Everything about these stories are sinfully delectable and should only be read by those that aren’t afraid of delving deep into static white territory.
Profile Image for Jana Natalie.
156 reviews6 followers
July 10, 2022
Wicked, dark and delightfully disturbed. A.A. Dark did it again. As Queen of triggers, she delivers another Garden of the Gods novella, that will leave you utterly speechless over the dynamics among the characters within this world.
A Rockstar and his slave and a whole shitload of f up background stories that brought them to this point. It is a pleasure to witness a glimpse of their life.

For all lovers of all shades of darkness, this will not disappoint. Outstanding.
Profile Image for Shernell Joseph.
905 reviews23 followers
June 5, 2024
Okay this one is the darkest one yet

This took me so long to read because the beginning was so traumatizing that I had to stop reading.

I still want to continue the series, but i'm literally kind of scared. The master in this one was dangerous, horrific, and so bloody.I was nervous anytime he came on page.
I'm not going to lie, at the end of each of these novellas. They always have a bitter, sweet ending.It almost felt like a happy ending in the worst way possible.
Profile Image for Kelsea Ezzell.
172 reviews14 followers
January 25, 2024
I thought the last one was messed up…

Are these going to get darker with each one? Because this is 4/10, so I can’t imagine what 10 will be if that’s the case..and I hope we find out what the Main Master is up to after that last page…a deal with the devil indeed…
Profile Image for A.M..
489 reviews14 followers
July 11, 2022
Now this is the story I have been waiting from A.A. Dark. If you loved the series from Withlock the this book is in the same genre. I absolutely love Pistol, now there’s a bit of taboo in this one, so per usual, read those trigger warnings!
Profile Image for Everything Bookish  Blog.
799 reviews33 followers
July 11, 2022
Mind Blown. Dark Beautifully twisted.

Oh hot damn. A.A. Dark is back at it again and I am here for it. If you’ve read and loved the previous Whitlock stories you won’t want to miss these deliciously sinful delights. If you enjoy dark and twisted reads with that grit and fire that keeps you wanting more, this is also a perfect place to dive into the world and see if you like it.

This series will be short stories following a Mistress or Master as they partake in the Garden of the Gods. Be warned this is Static White. Enter at your own risk.

She did the damn thing with this one. Pulled out the darkness lurking in me and made a beautiful chaotic poetry. Putting words to things I didn’t know were there. She pushes your boundaries and your sanity in the most devious of ways. She lets you drown in the experience of the story and never want it to end. Well crafted and dark this journey is not a straight path. It twists and turns and takes you on a HOT ride.
Profile Image for Purple Dragon Reader.
154 reviews1 follower
July 11, 2022
5 Dark and Delicious Stars

Every story in Garden of the Gods just keeps getting darker and more delicious. I couldn't put this page turner down from start to finish as the plot twists took me completely off guard in the best ways. This sexy band member is much more than meets the eye! The foundation is laid here for something not just rivaling but far exceeding the Whitlock world.
Profile Image for Everything Bookish  Blog.
799 reviews33 followers
July 11, 2022
Oh hot damn. A.A. Dark is back at it again and I am here for it. If you’ve read and loved the previous Whitlock stories you won’t want to miss these deliciously sinful delights. If you enjoy dark and twisted reads with that grit and fire that keeps you wanting more, this is also a perfect place to dive into the world and see if you like it.

This series will be short stories following a Mistress or Master as they partake in the Garden of the Gods. Be warned this is Static White. Enter at your own risk.

She did the damn thing with this one. Pulled out the darkness lurking in me and made a beautiful chaotic poetry. Putting words to things I didn’t know were there. She pushes your boundaries and your sanity in the most devious of ways. She lets you drown in the experience of the story and never want it to end. Well crafted and dark this journey is not a straight path. It twists and turns and takes you on a HOT ride.
Profile Image for Deanna.
594 reviews18 followers
August 4, 2022
Holy shit what the fuck did I just read?!? It was absolutely fucking brilliant! It just keeps getting darker and darker with every book. I love it. It makes me so curious what A.A. Dark is going to come up with next to top this.

Pistol and Ashlee's story rocked my world literally. It was so freaking good and dark. Taboo and twisted. Everything I love in a good book. Almost from the opening chapter things got dark quickly. It just got more dark and twisted from there. I really wanted to hate Pistol for what he did. But I just couldn't. I loved his twisted soul. I loved how he tried to fix things for Ashlee as much as he could in the limited ways that he could. I even loved his fucked up love and care for her. Although I am almost positive he wouldn't call it that. 😆😆😆

So far we haven't seen any of the previous masters/mistress in any of these books.. So I am wondering when that might come in to play. The only one we do see in all the books is the Main Master. Him I have so many questions about. Specially after this book. How this one ended I find myself asking... Was this all planned? What is his long game? I feel like there is one there somewhere in the background that we aren't seeing yet.
Profile Image for Summer Nevels.
141 reviews22 followers
September 30, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book 4 of the series, Novella length.

This is not a dark romance, while there is romance present it is classified as pitch black! Always check trigger warnings!

Master B-0077 also known as Pistol Stephen’s. He never had an easy life growing up, his father left him and his mother after sticking around for the first 4 years of pistols life. Then when his mother died from an overdose in his teenage years, he blamed it on his father abandoning them. He blamed him even more when he learned that his father had 8 other children with 4 other women.
This hatred is what brought him to the gardens. While at the auction he spots a face looking right back at him from the stage that is his own. He must be hallucinating because there’s no way this can be happening right now. Ashlee his half sister, the only one he ever checked up on who had the perfect life was on the stage and she was going to be his. She’s going to pay for their father’s sins. That is until he learns Ashlee didn’t live the perfect life he had thought, and once again their father had ruined another home with his abandonment. Now he’s out for blood and is willing to make a deal with the devil to get what he wants 🩸
Profile Image for Shannon Lee.
451 reviews52 followers
August 12, 2024
🌶️: 2.5

Dark, taboo romance. This book is what happens if the movie Hostel and a smex club had a book baby. The MMC is a rockstar who has gained membership into the garden of the gods, which is an elite secret society. Members become either a master or a mistress and take on slaves, and do anything they want with them. The FMC is a slave, who also happens to be the half sister of the MMC. The first night at the garden, he sees her and is shocked at this revelation. They do not have a relationship, they never have, and he only knows about her after having gone to look for his father several years ago, realizing that he has several half siblings. So she does not know him or recognize him when he buys her. She is one of three slaves that he buys that night and the remainder of the book describes what happens with those slaves, the FMC, as well as a plan the MMC has for his newly discovered nephew. This book is so good. This book is a novella, and what the author was able to accomplish with the story in a fairly short amount of pages was amazing. The combination of everything that was going on, the dark elements, the taboo aspect of it, and again this behind-the-scenes story, made this a very enjoyable read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Brooke (darkcoffeedarkerreads).
301 reviews25 followers
May 19, 2023
5⭐️ 0🌶️

She’s broken me. I’m broken. I’m officially a victim of A.A. Dark….Y’ALL! This topic is usually a full stop for me—I have VERY few triggers, but this has always been something I had zero interest in reading. Well, Alaska said “not today, lady. Hold my beer,” and here I am writing a five star review.

Listen, Pistol is messed the fuck up, but by the end I was really feeling for him and my icy black heart was warming at the wildly inappropriate, twisted, depraved bond he had formed with Ashlee. I love a good vengeance story and A.A. Dark delivered here in spades. I don’t want to say too much and give away the details but this was gory, unhinged, and mindblowingly perfect. I know I’ve said it about each novella but this is yet again my favorite read of the series so far and after this, I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Master B-0999.
Profile Image for Kswag.
412 reviews36 followers
December 11, 2024
Forgive me while I have a huge crush on Pistol. He is a hot tattooed guitar playing madman, and I like it. At least that's how I imagined him.

Guys, Pistol has an uncontrollably animalistic personality, and the book's opening pages give you a sneak peek.

Regarding B-0114, I could sense her intense desire to live freely and loyalty to her mission in the Gardens. With this slave, AA touches my heart through the evident ongoing conflict between self-defense and submission.

Once the core of Pistol and Ashlee's relationship is revealed, you will witness an incredible narrative of deception and infatuation in the finest way.
317 reviews4 followers
July 27, 2022
WHAT DID I JUST READ?

WOW! Talk about dark and twisted. If you have any triggers, stay away from this book. If not, curl up with a cup of tea and a blanket and let the fun begin! The characters in this story were very twisted and hot. A Rock star and his slaves. When you are reading their back stories, you can't help but route for them. This story has plenty of blood and gore ( don't even get me started on the drummer for Pistol's band). Easy and quick read. I highly recommend this book!
1,320 reviews2 followers
December 21, 2025
pistol

Rockstars are even more disturbed than we thought.
With mummy issues you can imagine it’s not pleasant.

I have to say even from the beginning with straight into the blood and gore it wasn’t as dark, more disturbing on the family side if you know what I mean 😜

No matter what master we get, I absolutely love how each one is written, you can’t help it. They are just so good. The authors just have a magic touch that captivates the reader as soon as you start each story.

Profile Image for Cayla.
1,526 reviews347 followers
July 9, 2022
Oh how much I am loving all these novellas in the Garden of the Gods series. This one was just as wonderful and dark as I was hoping for!! If you like a good badass rockstar then this one is right up your alley with Pistol. Be ready for a dark ,twisted, taboo and steamy read!!! This one wont disappoint!
Profile Image for Stacey Woods.
1,119 reviews30 followers
July 13, 2022
Both the things I love put into one story. It makes for an epic tale even if it is short. This series has gone out with a bang. Make no mistake the men in these books are monsters, but they do it so well and since it is a story it can be overlooked. These stories are just what my dark mind and soul needed.
Profile Image for Stephenie  Miller .
126 reviews
July 27, 2025
This is probably one of my favorites so far from this series. I felt like the background of Pistol and Ashlee was great in building their bond. The fact that a deal with the Devil himself was interesting and I think made me want to know more. Hopefully, we get part two pertaining to the story to see where Ashlee, Pistol, and Kyle end up in the future.
Profile Image for Carrie.
181 reviews
April 24, 2026
Wow

4.9⭐️/4🌶
With each book/novella, the plot gets darker and darker. This one is a taboo romance, between master and slave. Then there's the deal with the devil. The scene in the military compound, was pretty hardcore. The kink the best friend has is pretty messed up, but to each there own, I guess.
Profile Image for Shannon.
47 reviews
July 11, 2022

This is such a great series of books. We get a little adventure into the taboo side of things this time. I’m obsessed with how Pistol aka Master 0077 is. He’s the epitome of giving into intrusive thoughts. I cannot get enough
Profile Image for Antoinette.
358 reviews
July 25, 2022
I am loving this series with each and every book. Here we meet Pistol a rockstar who with his band mates have come to the Gardens.
This one is taboo, twisted and like the other oh so good. Cannot wait for more.
Profile Image for Karen.
555 reviews15 followers
September 5, 2022
EEEKKKKKKK Excuse me while I squeal EEEEEEKKKKKK.
Yes YES and OMGYES!!! This is what we are here for. NO ONE does dark like A.A. Dark. Seriously!! It is so delicious. If you love the Garden of the Gods series then you have to read this story. BEST ONE YET!
Profile Image for Amanda Anderson (Beauty.and.the.bookies).
1,498 reviews61 followers
February 18, 2023
my fave so far

Well obviously it is my fave because it has my fave trope…cesty! The brotherly and sisterly love was ON POINT. The sickness was still there tenfold and I just loved it all. The obsession and even the hints that later on we will get to see Kyle all grown up. YES!!
Profile Image for Crystal.
293 reviews40 followers
February 24, 2023
I had my reservations when I realized where this story was going, however I found that it didn’t play much into how the storyline played out.
I was as put off by the relationship as I have been with other books with this kind of relationship.
The ending was brilliant and beautiful
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