Short and sweet, Friction introduces us to the main characters in the Dominion series, Seiran and Gabriel (Gabe). Seiran is a male witch in a world where witches are mainly women. Gabe is a powerful vampire who has a somewhat casual relationship with Seiran, but seems interested in turning it into something more profound. When an informal date turns into the celebration of an anniversary, Seiran freaks out and runs from his lover's house, only to find himself attacked by a college mate. When Gabe rescues him, Seiran realises he would have been better of letting Gabe celebrate their anniversary. Well see how this evolves. Just looking forward to it. Actually a really good short. Seiran Rou is a male witch in a matriarchal witch society. He is tormented and shunned at the college he attends. He has a casual relationship with Gabe, a vampire. In only a very few short pages, Lissa Kasey made me want to read a lot more about these characters. Sei seems to have more baggage than good sense, but Gabe is very patient and you can tell he loves Sei but doesn't want to scare him away. I'll be reading the full length novel based on these shorts.
What do You think about Friction (2000)?
Good set-up for a world that promises to be quite interesting!
—avi
