A kingdom's secrets resides in its brothel, and lusty men are known for loose tongues. At the kingdom's most renowned pleasure house, loose tongues often reveal Abdera's most delicate politics. But wealthy and powerful men are not the only ones who visit Zaire's Palace...men, anyhow. Ladies and dames have been known to require the secrets of their enemies from Zaire's Palace, but when the Queen herself enlists the courtesans, they find themselves more tangled up in the kingdom's politics than they could ever have feared. The will of the kingdom depends on whether they choose to defy the Queen and suffer death, or live and kill the king.