STORY DESCRIPTION John is evicted from his farm in a world where debt is repaid by slavery, and into the hands of a man who has long admired his body. He fears the worst, but in fact his chosen role is that of stud stallion, to further the wealth of the slave breeder who 'purchases' him.
The accommodation is Spartan, a cell with straw for comfort, the work hard, pulling ploughs and working the land around the slave breeding centre to feed them all. The stud work is humiliating and degrading, as it is all carried out in a kind of theatre, with many eager voyeurs willing to pay to come and watch.
All slaves are branded, too, with the slave breeder's own special design. Just when John adapts to this new way of life, his master introduces a whole new field to his slaves, pony carting ? |