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The king of a vast empire of planets is trapped in an arranged marriage and desperate to distance himself from the excesses of his insane father’s rule. A failed assassination attempt has left him suspicious of his Lords and able to trust only his closest friends. A chance meeting with the son of a dissident Lord, on his presentation at court, turns to obsession, convincing him to invoke an ancient law in the hope it will ease his loneliness.