Askana Moldarin is the First Queen of Morevi, a realm in the world of Naruihm across a mysterious rift in the space-time continuum. When she discovers a plot to assassinate her, Askana employs the charismatic pirate Rafe Rafton (from the other side of the rift) to assist her in appealing to King Henry VIII for troops and assistance.

Soon Askana finds that Rafe is different to the other men she has met. She considers him a barbarian. He does not treat her with the reverence she has come to expect from her other subjects. When Askana is forced to take extreme measures to save Rafe's life she finds herself inextricably linked to the pirate. They feel each other's emotions and pain. However, this link renders both Askana and Rafe practically immortal – they can only die if they are both killed by the same means at the same time.

Can Rafe and Askana get the support needed from Henry VIII? Can they establish who is behind the conspiracy before it is too late?

Morevi is a very unusual book. It has been written by two authors who met in an Internet chat room and, as far as I am aware, they have yet to meet in the flesh! Despite the physical distance between them (Tee is based in the US, Lisa lives in Sydney Australia) they have created a fluid, enchanting world packed with adventure, mystery and romance. As I started to read The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana I found myself transported back to a childhood spent watching Errol Flynn leaping around ships, slapping his (nicely shaped) thigh and posing, hands on hips, on the deck of a ship while the heroine swoons before him!

Despite this initial impression this is no throw-away tale. The story is packed with vivid description. The authors have created a fascinating society within Morevi. Although Rafe Rafton may seem as though he should spend his life wearing tights and a hat set at a rakish angle he is a noble character, and Askana is no weak and feeble woman. She is the strong, dominant queen of a highly matriarchal society.

OK, if I wanted to put an "English Chip" on my shoulder I would start to pick holes in the supposed English Rafe Rafton but I am not going to! That is not the point of this book. It is not a historical record. It is fun! Thoroughly entertaining and definitely brought back some wonderful childhood memories.

Tee & Lisa, Thank you!!!

Synopsis
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. As a man, he is the embodiment of everything she has fought against, and the perfect instrument in a last desperate bid to save her kingdom.

With the sum agreed upon, Rafe and Askana embark on an epic adventure spanning the kingdoms of Naruihm and King Henry VIII's England. Two souls, drawn together in the battle for a kingdom.