What if you knew the Earth is about to undergo four thousand six hundred years of evolution in under a minute, and you had just six hours to save all transforming humanity, or four centuries of your future selves? Midnight, Central Bohemia, Sunday October 31, 1571 - Eleven year old Princess Elizabeth of the Dominions of Loyalty is tincture-tainted and cast before a mirror. Her mother, mother-in-law to be, and a three yard tall preternatural priest give her just six hours to save all transforming humanity, or four hundred and forty years of her future selves. Elizabeth is about to discover allies and secrets in the far distant future and past that she could have never have imagined, and the enemies to rival them.