Now is the year 2030, in an alternate-history England not unlike the United States. After years of bloody conflict between the York and Lancaster factions, the Yorkists have taken power and Edward of York has been crowned king, and England is finally at peace... or is it? Rumors circulate the court that Edward's brother, George of Clarence, aims to take the throne for himself. Little does Edward know that this news is false, spread in secret by his other brother, the deformed Richard of Gloucester. And little does anyone know that George's downfall is only the beginning to Richard's bloody quest for the crown...