Ten years since her mother’s death. Three years to engineer a spell to reverse the flow of time. When the empire comes to forcefully recruit Eleanor, Master mage of space-time magic, she flees to the past, hoping to reunite with her mother. Yet when she arrives, she has no status, reputation, or friends, and her mother has no idea who she is. With political unrest threatening the empire, Eleanor must uncover the truth of the past if she is to preserve the future and protect those she loves.