I haven't written much about it here, actually. I keep thinking one of these days I'll get the beginning squared away and can start posting it, but I'm still continually fiddling with the first chapters. It's an alternate history, set in present-day North Carolina in 1630, but in a world where the Roman Empire never fell - Part One takes place in the city of Antonia Nova. The orphan queen of the title is Claudia, a 10-year-old orphan who works as a servant in a type of boarding school.