The planet Geratica has at its core, a live dominant female sex. The world is run by women, and men are traditionally subservient. It is a Monarchy, and its head of state must always be a Queen. A schism at the core, means that a parallel world has been created - Geraticai. On Geratica, Queen Alexandra reigns over a prosperous Queendom, but where discontent is brewing over the issue of "Male Rights" in some quarters. Meanwhile on Geraticai, whose inhabitants tend to be more malevolent, Queen Victoria rules as a tyrant to her subjects, many of whom are impoverished. She is struggling to produce an heir, and has hatched a desperate plot to achieve her goal. Alexandra Radcliffe, daughter of the indomitable Linda, Senior Court Administrator to Queen Alexandra, is in her final year at Geratica's premier public school - Charterhouse College. She is in love with Tom, a boy she has known for most of her life. His stepmother is the eccentric Fiona Clark, who seems to have a strange interest in her. Alexandra is drawn into a world of politics, romance, mystery, and murder, as women around her fight for their differing ideologies, and launch personal vendettas. Then the arrival of a highly unusual being, results in a momentous decision having to be made...