Groundbreaking Novel of BDSM! In this contemporary classic, Carmella and Jeb are vacationing in the small but strategically important Middle East nation of Calipha, when Jeb gambles away all of their money, he is forced to pay his debts with Carmella! Arrested and raped, Carmella is forced into slavery at a local brothel. Meanwhile, Jeb flees the country thinking that Carmella has already left. The first of a trilogy. Strong B&D.