This is a book about a civilisation, where the women hold all the power and the men are enslaved. Consider an extreme mediæval society where the roles are reversed and heterosexual relationships are illegal, and you're getting close.

Things don't really start to get going until the election of High Queen, at which point all the scheming and backstabbing kicks off, and this reaches boiling point when the outsider is discovered.

Without making this a spoiler review that's about all I can say!

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