The Wicked KingJude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all.

It articulates the conflicts and contradictions that we need to address in order to better understand the world we live in

and walk straight into a murder scene

dared to imagine a mechanical solution

and with exclusive interviews with her family and closest friends

this awareness heightens the comedy and intensifies the drama

It considers gender as a reiterated social 'performance' rather than the expression of a prior reality

distrustful relationship between Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom deteriorated into a generations-long argument about 'Home Rule'

it tells the whole story of life on Earth

But just when she feels they might have a chance of happiness at last

In 'The Seed Detective'

no records have been kept - the only thing that is certain is that she had a legitimate child

a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child