Tazia — Sue Perkins

Thanks to the nastiness of her father's mistress, Tazia is scared of Duke Robard, her new husband and their union remains unconsummated.

The couple manage to overcome the awkwardness of their arranged marriage and learn to work together, but intimacy still evades them.

The indigenous Eos ask for help when a strange illness begins to decimate their already small numbers. This forces Tazia and Robard closer but their personal problems must wait while they help the Eos avoid extinction.

The Eos discover their recent spiritual visitors are not from the other known tribes and research points to a lost tribe in the Pator area. The two newlyweds set out on a journey of discovery and hope to find an answer to the problems besetting the Eos, which could indirectly mean the end of humanity on the planet.