The 4th son of Albert, the Duke of Jugenheit, 14-year-old Ladislaus, becomes a surety hostage in the Duchy of Hohenwald pending complete ransom payment when Albert is captured in a border skirmish. Once freed, Albert refuses to pay, making the hostages’ lives forfeit. Simon, the Duke of Hohenwald, having a fetish for deflowering 14-year-old boys, finds a use for Ladislaus before he begins to off the hostages. The castle priest, Istvan, smitten with Ladislaus, has other plans, though.
You don’t know how this book came into your possession. One day, it just appeared with its red leather cover and no title. As you open it, the pages spring to life, moving on their own with incredible speed until they finally settle on one chapter. The book may speak of many worlds and many ages both past and future, but for now, this is the story the Red Book offered you. On a cold, spring night a carriage makes its way hastily down the old dirt road. In it, a young noble lady.
A redheaded girl of sixteen becomes a mail order bride. She is met at the train in Nebraska by her fiancé and they quickly marry. She becomes frustrated when she learns that she is unable to bare children.