WHAT IF... Robin Hood defeated his nemesis Prince John and became king?In a cottage near Nottingham, the low-born son of the shire's baron is raised by his peasant mother to respect the poor and keep his honor. "Deeds make a man, Robert. Not a title," she tells her son. Spanning a half-century in the life and times of Robin Hood, this action packed and erotic Medieval thriller vividly explores the seductive undertow of power as it transforms a legendary hero into a ruthless tyrant. Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, Little John, King Richard and the legend's other characters are complex figures alive with raw passions, dark impulses, ribald humor and diverse genders.