THE ETERNAL DUNGEON

In a cool, dark cavern, guarded by men and by oaths, lies a dungeon in which prisoners fearfully await the inevitable. The inevitable will be replaced by the unexpected.

The Eternal Dungeon, a historical fantasy series set in a land where the psychologists wield whips.

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CONTENTS

Resources.

Rebirth: The Breaking, Love and Betrayal, First Time, In Training, As a Seeker, Tops and Sops.

RESOURCES

Shared Universes: Works set in the Eternal Dungeon world by other authors and artists.

The Eternal Dungeon story discussions. Posted by readers at Dusk Peterson's LiveJournal blog. Includes major spoilers for the stories being discussed.

Turn-of-the-Century Toughs, a cycle of historical novels that includes The Eternal Dungeon.

Cover for RebirthRebirth

In the Queendom of Yclau lies an underground royal prison that embraces the worst of the past and the best of the future. The Eternal Dungeon is old-fashioned in its equipment and ahead of its time in its treatment of prisoners, seeking to put their best welfare above all else. Torture is part of the process of assisting the prisoners.

The High Seeker, Layle Smith, embodies this contradictory institution: a man of deadly impulses, the head torturer binds himself strictly by the dungeon's code of conduct. His efforts to maintain this delicate balance are altered, though, by the introduction into his life of Elsdon Taylor, a vulnerable prisoner who is coming to terms with his own darkness.

This historical fantasy series explores dark aspects of erotic life and includes themes of gay love. But the series goes far beyond that by considering the deeper issues faced by all those who find that their friendships and desires are in conflict with their duties.

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ONLINE EDITION

Rebirth 1: The Breaking | Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal | Rebirth 3: First Time | Rebirth 4: In Training | Rebirth 5: As a Seeker | Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops.

Rebirth: Front Matter and Back Matter. Credits, publication history, etc.

Cover for TransformationTransformation

The Eternal Dungeon, a royal prison where criminals are transformed, has lost its leadership. The duty of returning the dungeon to normal falls on two Seekers (torturers) who are already burdened with their own problems. One Seeker is struggling to understand why an old love affair continues to gnaw at him. The other Seeker is faced with his greatest challenge: whether to risk that which is most precious to him in order to save his own abuser.

Transformation 1: Deception | Transformation 2: Twists and Turns | Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need | Transformation 4: The Consultation.

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