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Intemperance IX - The Inner Circle
by Al Steiner
Language: English
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Content Rating: Older than 17
Book 9 in the long-running series about the rock band Intemperance and those in its orbit. With the band deep in studio sessions and the industry ever hungry for scandal, Jake Kingsley and his extended household work to preserve the peace they've built—however unconventional it may be.
At Kingsley Manor, guitars still wail, dinner is always at six, and the line between family and chaos grows delightfully thin. Jake juggles parenthood, music, and media misdirection, while those around him pursue safety, connection, and the occasional illicit hobby. As new bonds form and old ghosts stir, life in the inner circle is equal parts absurd, tender, and fiercely defended.
Simmering with dark humor, grounded emotion, and the ever-present tension between privacy and performance, Intemperance IX expands the world of its predecessors while staying rooted in the truth that drives them all: love, loyalty, and the cost of the life they choose.
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rodolphe
A wonderful read
Reviewed it on July 1, 2025
Al Steiner once wrote himself that Intemperence V was the most popular and his favourite. I believe that IX should be right up there with it. The writing is just wonderful. The quirky descriptions and creative use of language make the characters and scenes in the book just pop right out of the page. The style is funny in places (laugh out loud funny in places, at least for me), and endearing in others. Strangely for a book with adult content, the overwhelming impression I got out of this one was “poetic”, or perhaps “endearing”, or both. The characters are older, have families and the tone shifts somewhat away from lives of excess as we watch the children grow. Yet do not go thinking that life at Casa Kingsley is about to get tame or boring, nothing could be further for the truth. Some hard plot lines drive the story forward. As I write this I am resisting temptation to quote favourite passages. I am helped by the fact there are too many to list anyway. Read this book, you will enjoy it.darren_d_evans
Damn you Al Steiner!
Reviewed it on June 30, 2025
Discovered this on a Thursday evening. Needless to say I was mega tired at work on Friday having read it in a single session. Highly recommend, up to the usual standard.