Another Stunning Novel of Sacred Sexuality and Sacred Bondage! Only L. A. Mistral, author of Seminary of the Seven Veils, could have written this masterful novel of bondage and discipline, of sadism and sexuality. Alone among contemporary authors of BDSM, Mistral is aware of, and writes of, the spiritual aspects of domination and submission. The scene is Rome in the last years of the rule of Nero. Semele is a priestess dedicated to performing the rites, and preserving the secrets of the Goddess. But a new, young sect, convinced that only they are worshippers of the one true God, are stealing and burning the sacred scrolls of the Godess. Captured and forced into sexual bondage by Adolphus, the deceiving, sanctimonious leader behind the burnings, Semele undergoes agonies and ecstasies as she clings to the Goddess through searing lashings and endless rapes. Her only hope is the mysterious spy Adoni, a man seeking  to understand the mystery of  sex whose own  sexuality  is a mystery. Here  is  an unforgettable  epic of bondage and punishment that must be ranked among the ten finest ever written!