"Silence, Exile, and Cunning" is a trilogy of fiction ("Iron Peter," "The Last Lovers on Earth," and "The Closing Argument") by Charles Ortleb, who was one of the most controversial journalists and publishers during the AIDS epidemic. "Iron Peter" is satirical novel about a gorgeous gay man who comes to New York City to try and save the gay community from being destroyed by the lies the government is telling about AIDS. It may be the only novel ever written that dares to tell the inconvenient truth about the politics and science of "AIDS." "The Boston Globe"'s Michael Saunders called it "a funny satirical novel." David Judson of Gannett News Service said that Ortleb's "biting prose is certain to touch all manner of raw nerves. Journalist Celia Farber called the book "the "Animal Farm" of the AIDS era." "The Last Lovers on Earth" is the first collection of short stories by Charles Ortleb. The stories capture the precarious position of gay people in America today. With unique insight, Ortleb uses humor to tell painful truths about where the gay community has been and where it is headed.Three stories from the collection were the basis of the hilarious independent film, "The Last Lovers on Earth" which is available as a DVD and for instant viewing on Amazon. John Lauritsen said this about the short story collection: "Beautifully written, wildly imaginative fables, which puncture a great many sacred balloons, gay and straight. AIDS activists, government 'scientists', doctors, suburban Parents of Gays, 'Queer Theorists' -- all get their comeuppance. I could only read this book a few paragraphs at a time -- gasping, laughing, and then thinking. And after reflection, some of Ortleb's most shocking and outrageous statements emerged as expressions of common sense and decency in a world going viciously mad. The first story, "The Retraction," has the most brilliantly hilarious satirization of schadenfreude since Mark Train's 'Emmeline Grangerford' episode in 'Huckleberry Finn'. Two of the stories, "Bruschetta on the Beach" and "Daddy's Little Clown," are masterpieces on a par with the best of Somerset Maugham or Katherine Mansfield." Ortleb's bold, uncompromising novella, "The Closing Argument" is the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome epidemics. "The Closing Argument" is a courtroom novella about an African-American man who is tried in Connecticut for the crime of infecting a woman with HIV, the virus that the American government has declared the official cause of AIDS. His lawyer brilliantly turns the tables on the government scientists. Nicholas Regush, former ABC News producer, called the book "Eye-popping reading if you dare to expand your scope of thinking about AIDS and justice."

This bold, uncompromising book is the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome epidemics. It's one of those books that will inspire you to think outside of the box. "The Closing Argument" is a provocative courtroom novella about an African-American man who is tried in Connecticut for the crime of infecting a woman with HIV, the virus that the American government has declared the official cause of AIDS. In a move that shocks the nation, his attorney puts the government and the AIDS establishment on trial and tries to convince the jury that everything the public has been told about the nature of the AIDS and CFS epidemics is both racist and homophobic. The author makes you the jury and you have to decide from the attorney's closing argument if you can believe anything you've been told about AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, HIV and HHV-6. This is the first work of fiction in history to focus on the cover-up of the devastating virus HHV-6 which has now been linked to many diseases in addition to AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome. Nicholas Regush, former producer at ABC News called the book "Eye-popping reading if you dare to expand your scope of thinking about AIDS and justice."