Saif crashed in his tent, beaten (and drugged), and was woken up by a surprise visit from someone who will rocked his world, while Zain and Afgab got to enjoy Gil's last gift for them. Oh, and Arshak had a wedding too.
Cian was given a task by Pepin to see a familiar face in the City Watch and to investigate an espionage problem. There, he finally met the famous Albert and his son, Frank, and got quite well acquainted with both.
Mike and Andrew return to their home and get back into their routine. As the school years progresses, Mike finds a fellow student that could use some help. He puts everything he has learned from college and from Chuck into practice.
Mike learns why his mom was so upset when she called and immediately goes home. A quick trip back to Memphis to pick up Andrew and he introduces him to his mom. It doesn't go as Mike had expected.
On a path in the French Riviera, the men talk and sing about the joyful and physical. A revealed butt, illuminated by the Mediterrean evening sun, leads to a quick and playful group sex just off the path.
Mike and Andrew find a little more information on Walter but are still no closer to solving the mystery. They decide to take the next step in their relationship and Mike takes the next step in his career. Before he starts his second year of classes, he gets some bad news for home.
On a journey to the Mediterranean, the five adventurers debate what cars and scooters do to the male sex drive, and visions of a Bronze Age threesome add to the understanding.
Mike heads off to college. He meets his new roommate and quickly learns they may not be the best of friends. As Mike gets settled into his classes, he picks up his research on Walter in the college library. Within a few weeks, he meets a new friend that will help him with that research, and maybe something more.
The adventure is derailed by theft. The five adventurers must seek help and come across a strange helper. With honest words, convoluted reasons, and dirty thoughts, a path forward appears.
Thaddeus’s restraint begins to fracture under the pressure of desire, penance, and a voice not entirely his own. As Isaiah explores his father's private world, both men become marked by heat, shame, and the taste of temptation they can no longer deny.
Mike continues his search but soon gets busy with high school. He discovers his passion and soon decides on a career path. The four friends spend a final night in the shed and all head off to college.
While on the train to a new destination, Karl tells the story of his friend who invented a Nordic mythology tour with a climax of a nude performance with a violin by the brook. A riverside fuck under the midnight sun follows.
The five men have a mystical experience in Lauterbrunnen, a majestic Alpine valley. Understanding by manly sex magic in a stream of cold water, and out of it.
When Isaiah’s mother dies, he’s drawn back to the rural village of Black Hollow by his father Thaddeus, who abandoned him 9 years ago to be a priest. The chapel is old, the villagers strange, and something feels wrong. At first, Father Thaddeus is distant. Strict. Cold. But slowly, something shifts.
Mike and Kyle talk to the sheriff to see if he has information on Walter or Ellis. Mike also makes a trip to the city office. Bug and Murph return from their time away and Mike introduces them to Kyle.
The journey to the Alps begins. Karl and his four fellow adventurers contemplate manly adventures. Their imaginations reveal how a French farmhand in 1799 came to a new bodily understanding, next to a field, spanked and fingered, mule in hand.
Karl describes how he kept military recruits in Northern Sweden satisfied and why the cod piece of the Renaissance era kept the Black Forest protected. The geopolitics of dick is what matters.
Mike and Kyle start to search for answers after the journal ended. They also find a little time to explore some of the other things that Walter mentioned in the journal.
Karl, a student of the Sorbonne, takes part in a learning session about sculpture in the Louvre. He is stripped bare to help his fellow students understand the ancient craft. This is more than body worship; this is a portal to ancient times. Adventure awaits.
Mike does a little research on homosexual laws at the library. He and Kyle continue to read Walter's journal. Walter and Ellis continue to take their exploration to next level. Mike and Kyle get to the last entry in the journal, leaving them with lots of questions.
Mike and Kyle continue to read more of Walter's journal. They soon learn how much they really have in common with Walter and Ellis. New feeling and long talks between both sets of boys only serve to unite them as Mike and Kyle learn more.
Mike finally gets a chance to start reading Walter's Journal. He starts to get a clearer picture of what growing up in the 1920s was like. After Murph and Bug tall Mike they are going to be gone for the two weeks, Mike makes a new friend and continues to read more of the journal.
Mike Jennings just wants to enjoy his last summer before he starts high school. A car accident and finding an old composition notebook change his plans. He spends the next twenty years searching for answers.