Set at the turn of the century, after Christopher Columbus’s return from the New World, Hunchback is a madcap re-telling of Spanish history and the evils of colonialism. As Queen Isabella is dying, her brilliant and disfigured adopted sister, Maxima Terrible Segunda, is called in from her forced seclusion to run the county. Maxima then works her way through politics, religion, and prejudice to save her country without sacrificing herself in the process.