first imperial crown-in-exile

The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Natasi's recuperation from her ordeal at Ukatis had not so much given her the time for introspection as forced it upon her. She had retired to Suffolk...

SENATE OFFICE BUILDING Office of the Honorable Member for the Renascent Republic The name Calgar evoked a curious mixture of emotions in Natasi Fortan. She experienced, in one moment, the years of history she had with the name and the man with whom she identified it. Dante Calgar had been...

It was happenstance that Reima arrived to Aegis when she did. In truth, she didn't even know that it was her mother's official birthday until she was quizzed by the customs officials at the spaceport. "Not landing at Riverfall House?" he asked pleasantly as he examined her travel documents...