The Cruel Goddess

In the future, a resurgent Romanov Monarchy has asserted its domination over the west and has expanded to a great Galactic Empire. The Rus have dominion over the ansaxe, the rebellious tribe of the west, and the celt, whose blades are sold to the highest bidder. Cruel Goddess introduces Gordon MacInnes, one of two major characters of the arc, who will combine with Anna Garitsyn to struggle for the survival of the empire. Jilted in love by a Boiar's wife, he finds himself exiled to HMS Pechalnii, on the outer rim, caught between the Secret Services (Oodar Molnii) and privateers on the outer rim of the Tsar's dominion. Gordon and his friend, Aonghus, pursued on both sides of a struggle they cannot control, find themselves on opposite ends of a struggle to prevent a monstrous plot to inflict great madness from being inflicted on an unsuspecting people while Gordon tries to understand his place in the Universe...