Granted my pack is run less rigidly than some the Betas in my pack are not just allowed to breed but actively encouraged to. I had taken over as pack Alpha five years earlier, and it was high time that I started adding to the pack population. While I would have preferred to mate for love, it didn't seem that it was in the cards for me. Even if there had been affection for me, even if they had been willing to keep me as a pet (neither of these was the case, but an Omega could dream), Cal couldn't afford not to sell me. I was human, so I understood why I was being sent to the auction.

But our pack was not like most packs, and I was not like most Omegas. In most packs, an Omega, even one who couldn't breed, was treasured and would be revered and protected, not cast aside. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary Renault including rare images of the author. Celebrated for its literary brilliance and sincere depiction of complex human emotions, The Charioteer is a stirring and beautifully rendered portrayal of love. Will Laurie reconcile himself to Ralph’s embrace, or can he offer Andrew the idealized, Platonic intimacy he yearns for? This novel has been called one of the foundation stones of gay literary fiction, ranking alongside James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room and Gore Vidal’s The City and the Pillar. The unspoken romance between the two men is tested when Ralph, a friend of Laurie’s from school, re-enters his life, introducing him into a milieu of jaded, experienced gay men. Standing out among the orderlies is Andrew, a bright conscientious objector raised as a Quaker.

After being wounded at Dunkirk in World War II, Laurie Odell is sent back home to a rural British hospital. Summary A WWII soldier embarks on affairs with two very different men in a landmark novel that “transcends categorizations” (The Telegraph). Sorry, the publisher does not allow users to read this book from the country from which you are connecting.

The Charioteer by Mary Renault