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.
In the waning days of the sexual revolution, a teen's world is upended by his older sister’s boyfriend, a charismatic and complicated jock with a soft spot for the young man.
Not your usual Christmas story... Way before Christmas even existed, the ancient Romans celebrated the 'Sol Invictus', the Unconquered Sun. During the longest night of the year, the young trainees of the Equites, the Imperial Knights, underwent an intense rite of passage to join the chivalric order...