Selected Works by Richard Sexsmith:
Book One of Tales of the Golden Harem
Seraphina is looking to avenge her dead lover, but Emperor Titus Zepherian
just wants a sense of danger so he can escape from being the most
powerful man in the Empire of Zephyria. As alpha males go, nobody can
defeat Titus. He has brains, brawn, the military, and dark magic at his
command, but nothing is ever a danger to him. Nothing is a threat.
Enter
the blonde barbarian Seraphina, his new Golden Harem wife taken by
force on her wedding day. She is precisely what Titus needs: A sense of
danger to add excitement to his sexual needs. But can he tame this
gilded would-be assassin or will she get vengeance for all the people
Emperor Titus has ever wronged?
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN HAREM
Each of the Emperor's golden adorned wives has a different story to tell, but which of them will finally plunge a dagger into his chest and put an end to his evil dynasty?
Golden Queen of the Ashes
Book Two of Tales of the Golden Harem
Queen Valentia of Hykaria has seen her kingdom burnt and turned to ash by an army of invading northerners, but when the Emperor of Zephyria sends an emissary that offers revenge against her enemies it is an offer difficult to refuse, but it comes with a price: In order to attain her revenge she must agree to become one of the Emperor's harem wives.
The Emperor's Golden Harem is legendary, both as a place of endless pleasure, but also because it is practically a prison. Hesitant to give up her freedom and her kingdom, the Queen of Hykaria offers a compromise...
Starcrossed Cyborgs + Clones: Act I
Two corporations, both alike in tyranny,
In fair Vetropolis, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where cloned blood makes cyborg hands unclean.
A retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the far future when mankind has been conquered by the Escalusians. Robeo, Julie22 and Benvolio embark on a series of misadventures whilst under the heel of their Escalusian Overlords. Robeo and Julie22 are lovers in dangerous times, but Benvolio has loftier goals as he and others seek to overthrow their alien overlords.
In the future the English of the Upper Class Elites has become more flowery and eloquent, with a twofold purpose. The first purpose is so wealthy sycophants can impress their alien overlords, the Escalusians, and in that effort better position themselves above their human peers. The lower classes have followed suit in their efforts, imitating the speech of the rich and famous, and consequently English has evolved into a more flowery version of its former self.
The second reason is that speaking in such poetic ways allows people to often speak in code, lest the spies of the Escalusians overhear what they are saying. Speaking in code while organizing a rebellion against their alien overlords is a matter of survival, and thus by often speaking in code the flowery speech becomes a camouflage on which mankind plans a rebellion.
