Across a mysterious rift in the space-time continuum exists a world called Naruihm. In this world is a realm called Morevi, a landlocked kingdom ruled by Askana Moldarin, crowned "First Queen" following a swift and bloody rise to the Throne of a Thousand Suns. Yet hidden traitors are already at work to destroy everything that she has won. Enter Rafe Rafton, privateer captain of the Defiant. Arrogant. Overconfident. Dangerous and cunning enough to pillage the Queen's own ships and survive. Rafe is the embodiment of everything Askana has fought against, and the perfect instrument in a last desperate bid to save her kingdom. With little trust, Rafe and Askana embark on an epic adventure spanning the kingdoms of Naruihm and King Henry VIII's England.