Tropic of Skorpeo

Princess Juraletta is bored. She has spent her entire life in Venera Castle but is about to be married to the crusty old Fissionable Duke. Will her life ever be interesting? Is she ever going to have an adventure? And, given his medical condition, will her husband survive their wedding night?

Meanwhile, Rhameo is having more adventures than one young prince can handle. Whoring in the Gardens of Fleschimor, hunting tigers in the jungles of ancient Erath, being kidnapped by Amazons and sauced up for the evening meal... But his ambitious mother is arranging his marriage in the hopes of stabilising a galaxy riven by war. This does not bode well.

Thankfully, the machinations of Lord Maledor, invading armies of Punkoids, Slutoids, and Sleazoids, space sirens, the amorous Octopus, and the mysterious Dark Magician should help bring the already simmering plot to the boil. The very future of the Galaxy is at stake... Can good triumph over evil?

“Tropic of Skorpeo is a book that is prepared to take its own pratfalls without the aid of stunt doubles and special effects. Mr Morrissey has successfully combined humour and plot whilst giving the impression of writing on a steady diet of acid, antacid and methode champenoise – or whatever it is that modern actors use these days.” – Simon Litten, SFFANZ Reviews

“Morrissey seems to have taken every element in the line running from Spenser's Faerie Queene through Paradise Lost to Time Bandits and Star Wars/Babylon 5/Dr Who, and worked them into a fine splatter comedy. In his completely materialistic sex- and evil-dominated universe of biological metamorphosis, reminders of the moral idealism of the literary tradition are the comic failure of the agents of evil to accomplish their designs, and the plot resolution under the banner of ‘love conquers all’.” – Dr Brian Opie