Question 2 Why so much sex?

So why is there so much sex in your books? Especially the incest? Is it really necessary?

The shaytonians are a very sexual people, but yes it is necessary. By contrasting them with the real world, I hope to show what these things are really like and more importantly, what they are not.

For example, Molly. The only time she ever comes across as a cripple to me, is not because she is in a wheelchair, but because of the bruises on her soul that her father has left.

It is not the beatings that really wreck someone, but the feeling that they are worthless. To quote Pratchett's Granny Weatherwax "It starts with people as things."

Talkar's relationship with his mothers, is very different from Molly's relationship with her father. All were incestuous, but Talkar was not made to feel less. At no time was he forced to equate the physical act with "love" or made to feel like he was the only thing handy. His ability to be worthwhile was never, what can you do for me?

Contrasting the whys is more important than oh, she has sex in the book.