The Queen is Dead In all her centuries of rule, the Gentry queen known as Semele the Great was known for her keen mind and her strength, allowing her beloved Iron Court and the mortal city of Wilmington, North Carolina to flourish side by side. Only in her declining years did she begin to falter, the reach of her Court falling back inside the borders of the city, driven out of the wilder lands to the north and west through a series of failed wars against the savage Beast Kings. But her people loved her, and the shock of facing the modern world without Queen Semele's guidance has cast a pall...