WARNING: If sadism, domination and submission are not your thing, DO NOT read Otherwise, enjoy The erotic ceremonies of Cruelty and Suffering have become his spiritual nature... Martin Bower always had a domineering, sadistic streak. As a child, he manifested it by dismembering small insects while feeling a great, malicious excitement. As an adult, he is a promising young med student who is handsome, charming, gracious and... secretly involved in a club that indulges in erotic domination and submission. He stumbles into the club by accident, but quickly feels right at home. A natural master and protector, Martin gets deeply involved in his parallel, alternate life, even as he struggles with balancing it with his "normal" one. He has to deal with school, and then with Elsa, a needy woman devoted to him, even as he takes on the responsibility of dominating Richard, a submissive man. As Martin gets deeper and deeper into this life and gains a greater understanding of himself, can he reconcile his desires with what is socially accepted? Or should he? And can he manage to make something meaningful out of his relationship with Elsa or Richard?