The Cross of Sins (Fathom's Five Book 1), by Geoffrey Knight
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Somewhere in the world is a statue so sinful that a secret sect of the Church wants it destroyed at any cost. Somewhere in the Turkish desert, in the streets of London, and in the depths of Venice, are the clues to find it. And, somewhere in the hearts of five sexy, daring, thrill-seeking gay men, is the courage and die-hard determination to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Meet Luca da Roma, an Italian model and expert in art, both ancient and modern; Dr Eden Santiago, Brazilian biologist, physician and genetic engineer; Shane Houston, a Texas cowboy and an expert in cartography; Will Hunter, a San Diego college student and football star, majoring in ancient history; and Jake Stone, an adventurer-for-hire from New York and the newest member of Professor Fathom’s team of hot gay adventure seekers. Together, they are Fathom’s Five, traveling the world, solving ancient mysteries, uncovering priceless treasures, and getting into hot, sticky and sexy situations, while thwarting danger at every turn! From Venice to Vienna, from Tuscany to Turkey, from the South Pacific to the seas off Sicily, join in the heroic adventures, hunky sex and hot, high-octane action of Fathom’s Five.
The Cross of Sins (Fathom's Five Book 1), by Geoffrey Knight - Amazon Sales Rank: #249301 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-13
- Released on: 2015-05-13
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The Cross of Sins (Fathom's Five Book 1), by Geoffrey Knight Review The last hetero bastion has been breached! The gay action heroes have arrived, guns blazing, chests rippling, and yes, they get the guy in the end! Welcome, Fathom's Five. Story by Cameron Jewell.
Love a good Matthew Reilly action adventure read but would prefer a gay hero for once? Well, the high-octane airport novel has finally got together with our favourite genre: gay.
"I love storytellers like Matthew Reilly and Dan Brown," says Sydney-based author Geoffrey Knight, "and I love a good page-turner." But for Knight there was always a piece of action missing - the man-on-man kind.
"I was so tired of heterosexual heroes with one eye on the treasure and the other eye on a busty blonde female scientist. I desperately wanted the object of lust to be another hunky hero, so I decided to write the kind of books that I wanted to read," he says.
"Straight or gay, I think most guys like action plots. But for me, as a gay man, other stories lack any sort of physical attraction or sexual dynamic between the characters that interests me."
The result of Knight's endeavours is an action series called Fathom's Five, described as part Bond with lashings of The Da Vinci Code.
The Cross of Sins, the first book of the Fathom's Five series has received so much interest that Knight has already completed the second instalment and is busy at work on a third. His inspiration comes from a childhood of James Bond films and "reading far too many comics and action-adventure novels."
"I remember seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark as a kid and it changed my life," he says. "When I started writing Fathom's Five, I also wanted to marry together my love of action with my love of travel. I think the world's an amazing place. There are so many incredible things to see and do, which provides endless plot devices."
The Cross of Sins tells the tale of an ancient statue, which is considered blasphemous by a clandestine religious sect who plan to find it and destroy it at any cost. The clues to finding the statue are scattered across Europe. Enter Fathom's Five, a group of thrill-seeking gay men with the expertise to uncover the secrets and reveal one of religion's greatest mysteries.
The soon-to-be famous five include Luca da Roma, an Italian model and expert in art, both ancient and modern; Dr Eden Santiago, Brazilian biologist, physician and genetic engineer; Shane Houston, a Texas cowboy and an expert in cartography; Will Hunter, a San Diego college student and football star, majoring in ancient history; and Jake Stone, an adventurer-for-hire from New York and the newest member of Professor Fathom's team of hot gay adventure seekers.
If this scenario rings any bells maybe it's because it sounds an awful lot like VIP, the action series starring Pamela Anderson and her four foxy bodyguards. Or maybe it's Fox Force Five of Pulp Fiction fame? Or a gayer Charlie's Angels? Whatever the references, Fathom's Five is still a tent-full of camp fun, packed with action and sex, and while easy to file under "paperback trash", it's very entertaining and surpisingly well-written for the genre.
Aside from the sex and camp, Knight feels it has a deeper significance. "It makes a statement about being gay and proud of it, and belonging to a strong, caring community," he says.
"As a gay man I think we've all got rights to stand up for and equality to fight for, and storytelling is a powerful thing. As a writer, if you've got something important to say, you don't necessarily need to make it dull or preachy. You can still have fun, keep it sexy, roll it up in a fast-paced plot and let what you want to say unravel through your characters and your story. Yes, Fathom's Five is something to read on a plane, but it's relevant as well as entertaining.
"At the end of the day, I simply wanted to create gay characters that gay men could cheer for, relate to and escape with in the thick of a page-turning adventure."
Expect the Fathom's gang in Australia, too. Says Knight, "Australian guys are so damn hot, how could I not bring the boys Down Under for a little sex and adventure?" --DNA Magazine, May 2008
Review In Geoffrey Knight's erotic, adventure novel, you'll find not one, but five, gay action heroes. Thrills and spills guaranteed. ?Tina Turner once sang: "We don't need another hero." She was wrong. Dead wrong! We need all the gay heroes we can find. And found one I did. Well, five actually: Luca, model and art expert; Eden, Brazilian biologist; Shane, Texas cowboy; Will, ancient history major; and Jake, adventurer. They make up Professor Fathom's five gay heroes who are nothing at all like Enid Blyton's Famous Five. These guys are hot. And fuck. Other hot guys.??Geoffrey Knight's Fathom's Five: The Cross of Sins (STARbooks Press) is a page-turning romp: a hard-core sex outer shell with a mystery thriller centre concerning a sacrilegious statue, The Naked Christ, which a secret sect of the church is attempting to destroy. Enter our heroes. And enter Sydneysider, Geoffrey Knight, who is taking on the big names of gay erotic adventure fiction and surpassing them.
"I've been writing stories since I was a kid," Geoff tells SX.
"I grew up on too much Aquaman in comics, too much Indiana Jones at the movies, too many Clive Cussler adventure novels and far too much Flash Gordon aka Sam Jones posing nude for Playgirl."
A pile of rejection letters "as thick as the white pages!" for his heterosexual action thrillers a decade ago convinced him to write the kind of novel that he wanted to read.
"There's really nothing out there that ticks all the boxes for a gay man who loves action fiction. So I decided to tick the boxes myself: it had to have lots of hot gay guys in it; it had to have lots of edge-of-your-seat action; and it had to have man-on-man sex to keep it moving. But above all, it had to have characters that I cared about and a plot that made sense. I wanted to write the kind of mass market action novel that Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly write, only my characters just happen to be gay."
But is the world ready for not one, but five hot and horny gay adventurers?
"God I hope so! We gay men have been reading and watching the adventures of James Bond and Indiana Jones and Dirk Pitt all our lives; I think the adventures of five gorgeous gay heroes is long overdue!! Why should heterosexual men have all the fun with their over-the-top, page-turning action novels? This book is for gay men and bisexual men everywhere, guys who love a boys' own adventure, but instead of a busty blonde female being the object of desire, my heroes always get their man in the end!"
Considering the author's nationality, it's odd there is no Aussie hero. To make amends an Aussie will join the group in a future adventure. "His name is Travis, he's a jackaroo and a pilot in the outback, he's young and he's HOT! (This is one farmer who doesn't want a wife!)"
Geoffrey is already well into the sequels. "The Fathom's Five team is established now, and in the next novel, The Riddle of the Sands, it's straight to Egypt for a mystery adventure filled with secret tombs, ancient traps and maybe a steamy scene or two in a Cairo bathhouse. The action is faster, the villains are more evil, and the boys have to save one of their own by finding a secret, legendary pyramid consumed by the desert thousands of years ago. After that, we're taking the high road to China for The Eye of the Dragon."? Fathom's Five: The Cross of Sins is recommended for big boys who like their adventure gay and with lots of sweaty mansex.
Review Fathom's Five Volume One: The Cross of Sins revolves around the adventures of five young men and the Professor they work for. While each of the men has separate lives, they eagerly return to the Professor when needed. With the help of Jake, their newest member, they head out in search of the fabled Cross of Sins, an ancient sculpture said to depict a naked Christ on a cross. Hidden away long ago to keep it from being destroyed by the church, the cross has once again become important. Trying to find the cross before an overzealous religious sect does, the five men face numerous challenges and obstacles.
Anyone who loves action/adventure books and movies is sure to love Geoffrey Knight's Fathom's Five: The Cross of Sins. Mr. Knight has loaded this book with non-stop action described in such a way that the reader cannot help but "see" Jake as he tries to cross a natural bridge spanning a lake of lava or Luca as he struggles to hold on to the only thing connecting him to a past he knows nothing about. With secret rooms, underwater fights, and of course the 'bad guys' it is very easy to imagine this story on the big screen. I loved the twists and turns in the story and was shocked to discover who the main `bad guy' was. I can't wait to see more of the Professor's men!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Fathom's Five: The Cross of Sins by Geoffrey Knight By Elisa In the best James Bond or Indiana Jones tradition, the Fathom's Five are five handsome, skilled and clever gay men working for Professor Fathom as treasure hunter. Almost half the book is spent to introduce us to the five:- Jake Stone, the newest member of the group, is a bit of a lonely wolf; he is "for hire", means that if you pay him enough, he will find everything you want. Jake is not a bad man, he is only used to take care of himself, and only himself. His only Achilles' heel is young Sam, a street kid he shelters in his New York loft.- 19 years old Will Hunter is the spoiled and neglected son of an American diplomat; he has everything he wants in life, but it's never enough. Will is young, friendly and careless and in this moment he has nothing and noone important in his life (well he is only 19 years old!) and so he can play like if life is a big game.- Shane Houston is your classical western hero, hat and horse and all of it. Always ready for an adventure, he faces every new challenge full front, caring very less for his own safety, but as an old fashioned cowboy, you can always count on him when you are in trouble.- Dr Eden Santiago is the high head levelled of their group; he seems always in control, always ready to face every events. The less playful of the group, he is probably the one that has less open endings in his life and so, for this reason, he is the more reliable of all of them. Everyone can count on Eden, and loving him will never being an hazard.- Luca da Roma is the most beautiful of all of them, he is beautiful like an angel, and in fact he has a very special relationship with God. Luca is an orphan and he was raised by three nuns in a remote Italian convent. He doesn't know who were his parents, but, after all, he hasn't had a bad life. When he was still a teen he went in Rome and he became the muse of a lot of artists, on the canvas and on the sheet, and as they took from him inspiration, he drank from them the love for arts. But Luca seems never to be happy, he has quite a mourning attitude and he seems in searching of something that always slips from his hands.The new quest for this five heroes is to track down an ancient holy cross, a Renaissance artwork who caused the death of his creator since it was framed as sacrilegious. To recover the artifact our heroes as to find two stone tables and an ancient book, the three pieces together will led them to the treasure. But obviously they are not the only one in this hunting party, and their enemies know well how to hit them where it hurts, and I'm not speaking of body parts.The book is really good in mixing fun, sex and adventure, playing all around the World, from Tonga to Italy, from Turkey to England. Our heroes, when not running away from gunshots and explosion, are involved in sexy escapades along a swimming pool or in poshy five stars hotel. There is a bit of "naughty" talk during sex, but it's never too much to ruin the sophisticated feeling that permeates all the book, and, on the other hand, the fun and careless sex helps to balance the adventure part, so that even a less adventurous reader will find it enjoyable and interesting.All five heroes are enough developed that the reader could care for them, but from my side, my favorite is Luca, maybe since he is Italian. I have no problem to say that I will look forward to the following book in this new exciting series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A gripping start to the series! By Nikyta Holy Mackerel! What a freaking ride! *fans self*I think the first thing you need to know is this is not a romance. There are romantic elements in the story but it's not a romance so if you go into this novel expecting a romance, you'll be sorely disappointed. What you will find is an adventure, a mystery that takes you on a wild ride leaving you on the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen next, what will the Fathom's Five get into and how will they get out of the trouble they inevitably create for themselves?!One of the things I especially loved about this book was how you are slowly introduced to the characters one at a time. There's no overload of characters and information in the beginning. There's no confusion on who or what the MCs are because each of the five main characters are introduced in a way that suits their personalities and you learn about who they are while they are comfortably in their own elements. It was just amazing.Each of the Fathom's Five are different. Jake is a brash New Yorker, Shane's the gentlemanly Texan, Luca is the charming Italian, Eden is the calming Brazilian doctor and Will is the bad boy Californian. They each have interesting personalities that somehow compliment each others' characters. For some reason I found it all refreshing.I found the adventures they all went on to be extremely fascinating. I fell so deep into this book I felt like I was actually living every little detail. It made my heart race when one of them (mostly Jake) teetered on the edge of death and then sighed with relief when they reached relative safety. Then went through more heart racing when they just got themselves into more danger! It was exhausting but at the same time I didn't want to stop reading. And, OMG, how my heart broke for Luca when he found out who the Holy Father was. Poor sweet Luca!!!I devoured those pages faster than I thought possible. I was intrigued by every minor character introduced. They all have some type of purpose and eventually I have no doubt all will be revealed, too. I can't wait to read the rest of this series! Especially since it sounds like the mysterious Sam will be a major part of the next book, The Riddle of the Sands.Absolutely recommended!!!! But be warned it leaves on a cliff-hanger!ETA: And, the little short about Elsa at the end was so cute and funny but even with how short it was, it was action-packed!! And I loved getting a little more inside information about the boys in the 'Who Is?' section at the end. ;-)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Jam Packed Action Adventure! By deb1210 Wow! Jam packed action thriller! I wasn't sure what to expect with this book, but I was pleasantly surprised! First off, this is not a romance per se, so do not expect that from this book! I love the Indiana Jones movies and this is more along those lines so I was enthralled from the get-go! There are romantic elements involved but it's the mystery and adventure and action that drive this story! You are literally on the edge of your seat reading at break-neck speed to find out what happens next!We are introduced to the Fathom Five one at a time, in their individual lives, so you get a sense of who they are and how they behave. There's no page on page of boring details to weed through. I liked that aspect. All are very different so they bring varied elements to the "team". Jake is a New Yorker and kind of cocky, take care of business, kind of guy. Shane is a Texan cowboy type with manners. Luca is a suave Italian who was orphaned and raised by nuns. Eden is a Brazilian doctor with a level-headed, calm and cool, bed-side manner. And finally, Will is a young, typical bad-boy from California. They all seem to complement each other and make the team cohesive. They are treasure hunters and employed to find artifacts around the world.I really enjoyed this treasure hunter adventure. Mr. Knight has a gift of writing because I felt like I was watching this from the sideline. There were times I was reading a mile a minute and then sighing with relief when things smoothed out! The danger was there and the feelings of anxiety too! Their enemies know their weaknesses and try to stop what they are doing at all costs. Good vs. Evil. They literally travel the world for their quest, but seem to have some genuine fun with each other along the way too.I highly recommend this if you are an adventure seeker! It's the first book in the Fathom Five series so now that the cast is introduced, we can get onto the clever adventures that lie ahead! Be warned there is a cliff here. Don't make that a deciding factor for this book though. Just wait until book two is released and read them together! It will be worth the wait!4 stars/2 flamesThis book was provided to me by The Jeep Diva for the express purpose of an honest review. The opinions and rating in this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
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