Autokrator
Marilyn Stanley
, Andrea Pole
, Shawna Moodie
, Devon Millard
, Agnes Marshall
, Lynn Andrews
, cassandra schiemann
, Vanessa Seto
, M M English
, Sandra Furlotte
, Jude Castillo
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Joe Mitchell
, Jessica Currier
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Beth Dekoker
, Sarah Schwartz
, Rosa Cross
, Barry Kazimer
, Holly Elisabeth
, Haley Belkiewicz
, Noelle Walsh
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Tanya Blake
, Rodney Cross
, Beth Nobes
, Patricia Johnson
, Sharon Forzley
, Vanessa S
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Rhona Brinkman
, Gabrielle Veilleux
, Linda Leitch
, Joseph Chirayil
, Christopher Evans
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Cristina Pejkovic
, Susan Jang
, Sarah Butland
, Natasa Ilic
, Crystal Inwood
, Mary Maceroni
, Paula Ritchie
, C. Ray
, Peter Halasz
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kim Cappellina
, Randi Ann Doll
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Heather O'Connor
, Maria Mclean
, Ellen Clarke
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Mary Danieli
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Susie Rance
, Benita Hartwell
, Robert Hykawy
, Barbara Leckie
, Lynn Bechtel
, Sara Conway
, Kym Marsh
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Ken Gilmour
, Prabh Toor
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Karen Nordrum
, Amie Gaudet
, Katie Macalister
, Hailey Slaviero
, Debra Meagher
, Rose Ghaedi
, Claudie Léveillé
, Sindi Nika
, Hoda Montazeri
, Debra Meagher
, Chantal Vulker
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Alicia Salyi
, Shannon Lee
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Melissa Poremba
, Elaine Baptie
, Derek Davidson
, Pamela Bruce
, Maureen Brownlee
, Margaret Makortoff
, Margaret Makortoff
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Driven by a Machiavellian mind and ego, Tiresius has risen through the ranks of the Autokracy to become Imperial Treasurer, has won over the trust of the Autokrator himself, and yet, has broken the society’s most scared rules: She has posed as a male for many years. In the eyes of the Autokracy, this gender crime is one of the most heinous a person can commit, and punishable by death.
In this deeply etched speculative world, women — Unmales — have been relegated to non-person status with their reproduction strictly controlled. Their only role is to serve men, and to do so from the shadows.
Tiresius’s rebellion against the Autokracy coincides with that of a Domestic — a female labourer — named Cera. Cera’s son, who was taken from her at birth as demanded by tradition, is the successor to the Autokracy. She is desperate to be part of his life and takes dangerous steps toward revealing herself to him, becoming a gender criminal herself.
The fates of both women become intertwined as they are driven to discover what cost gender and power exact.
