The Gathering is continued in a second volume, Book II. (2) Part of the Hartstein universe
John Franck, 41, a sex addict, thus far has hidden it from his wife, but his shrink encourages him to make a recording of some of his conquests and Argie, his wife happens on it. What happens after this is the main story of the gathering in Houston.
The story line is based on a true story provided by James and Janet. Janet tells how she fell in love with her neighbour boy, James, when she was 10 and he was 13. He expected her to grow up pure and chaste to marry him. But the lifestyles of the two familes did not make that possible
Max hasn't noticed much since his wife Abigail was murdered. When he comes to the aid of one of Abigail's former students, he finds that the whole town has changed in ways he wouldn't have believed if he didn't see them himself. (Some tags left off to preserve suspence.)
Dani is 20 years old and in university. She still does babysitting jobs in the neighborhood to earn extra money and on this fateful night, she sits for the Clark's two sons. Their cousin, Sean is also there and when Dani agrees to play strip poker with the boys, her fate is sealed.
Teen, her mother & brother are kidnapped, drugged and modified by a slave master. Forced into incest and animal sex they are trained for a life of debauchery across the border.
Marilyn is 42 and has taken a new job and is in California for training. Her secret is a love for teenage cocks. While staying in her hotel she meets a family with two teenage boys and then there is the teenage surfer who keeps asking her out. What will Marilyn do to have sex with these teenagers?
Helen, Bill and their teenage daughter Becky are going on a vacation to the beach and invite Becky's new boyfriend Josh along. Josh see's an opportunity to seduce the mother and daughter and seizes every opening, finally getting Helen to agree to sleep with him if he just leaves her daughter alone