Tempest

Dear Reader:

Shakir Rashaan continues his Chronicles of the Nubian Underworld series with its third installment,
Tempest
. The author, a real-life practitioner of the BDSM culture in Atlanta's Fetish community, offers an edge-of-your-seat thriller as secrets are exposed, revenge is exacted and erotica is plentiful.

Ramesses, his wife, Neferterri, and their submissives find paradise in the Bahamas where Ramesses introduces participants to his private island. Its grand opening is full of kinky sexcapades and explosive scenes of the dominant and submissive lifestyle. Showcased are such techniques as fire play to hot wax to a collaring ceremony. This journey will leave readers fanning to cool down while experiencing an uninhibited world in the tropics.

Be sure to check out Shakir's first two titles in the series,
The Awakening
and
Legacy
. An excerpt from
Obsession
, the first title of his next series, Kink, P.I., appears in the back of this book.

As always, thanks for supporting myself and the Strebor Books family. We strive to bring you the most cutting-edge, out-of-the-box material on the market. You can find me on Facebook
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or you can email me at
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Blessings,

Publisher

Strebor Books

www.simonandschuster.com

“The moment you believe you can control a storm is the moment the storm lets you know who is truly in control.”

—Shakir Rashaan

For My Beloved:

For loving the extrovert…

For understanding the Pharaoh…

For comforting the teenager…

And for taming the Beast in the darkness and making him yours…

I love you more than life itself…

“To live is to suffer. To survive is to find meaning in the suffering.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche

You know what happens when storms subside, right?

Another one pops up in its place, only this time, it might be…well, you'll find out soon enough when the next installment, SAMOIS, comes out!

You're gonna love the spin on that installment…an Amazon-esque fantasy weekend at NEBU where the women are in power and the men are submissive? What woman wouldn't enjoy that type of fantasy? Sub bois at your beck and call, taking care of every whim…oh, the beauty of it all!

But first, you have to witness the current storm that's on the horizon.

Some of you already know the routine when I say this next part, but for the ones who are just getting on board, let me get this part out of the way:

This is (somewhat) a work of fiction. That means that some of this stuff was made up, and some of it includes players whose names have been changed to protect the (not so) innocent. Any reference to anyone, living or dead, is liable to happen, but please believe that I made sure not to include them on purpose…you know, things happen, right?

Anyway, let me give you an idea of what's in store for you with
Tempest
:

Island paradise…

Debauchery outside of the country…

Temptations abound…

But, those temptations come at a price, and you'll find out in the next few hundred pages what that price will be.

I'm going into areas that not many are willing to go into, and I'm fine with that. I kinda like being a bit of a trendsetter in that aspect. To be deviant, affluent, and black is already a rarity, so, to actually give people a window to see those that are black and into WIITWD is worth every word that I write in this series and beyond.

In the last two books, I was blessed to be able to thank family, friends, and other folks who have been in my corner, and there are so many more that I would love to thank personally, including the many supporters who are a part of the Temples of NEBU FB group.

To Zane and Charmaine, I truly cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to bring a flavor within the erotic genre that very few authors have traveled. I intend to continue to give you quality projects in a way that only I can bring!

As usual, I know I'm missing a whole gang of folks, so just do me a favor and insert your name in this next statement:

I'd like to thank ____________________ for the support and love. I hope to continue to put books out that you will want to tell your friends and family about.

Thank you again, and enjoy
Tempest.

The grammatical errors that you might see within the dialog between the characters are not oversights. This is the type of speech and text that is used in some facets of the BDSM world. As one of my submissive friends put it, “The lowercase letters in a slave's or submissive's name are a demonstration of the hierarchical relationship. It is a reminder to the submissive that he or she is the bottom part of the hierarchy, meant to be led, and the Dominant's name is always capitalized, as He or She is the Top part, meant to lead.” In keeping with the essence of the series and the essence of the BDSM community, preserving the speech was paramount. It is my hope that you, the reader, will understand and appreciate the symbolism.

PROLOGUE
RAMESSES

The hypnotic firelight danced against the luminous moonlight, seducing it like a lover welcoming the object of her desire home from a long day's work.

The familiar thudding of the floggers laced with fire against the lower back and across the ass of the young submissive being “sacrificed” to the spirits of the evening kept the crowd mesmerized. She moaned and cooed as each strike against her quivering flesh left indelible marks that she would surely show off in the morning light.

Next, the intimacy of the fire gloves…