Half a year has passed since the Remno revolution ended. Spring has rolled around again, bringing with it one of Mia's favorite occasions--spring break. Freed from the duties of school and station, she's ready to seize the day! By which she means, of course, do absolutely nothing productive and lounge around in bed all day. Her indolent plans are cut short when her granddaughter, Bel, is whisked backwards through time and deposited in front of her. Just when she thought she was finally done with worrying about the guillotine, she learns of the grisly future awaiting her in which a war of succession will rend the empire in two. Mia herself has been killed by poison, and Bel narrowly avoided execution by leaping through time.
