Introduction: Jonathan Miller is looking for a way back.  Merrily Hunter is looking for herself.  And Professor Cyrus Stoat is looking for a murderer.  The Neighbor Kingdoms, wracked by intrigue and civil war, teeter on the brink of chaos, as an ancient entity begins to stir, drawing together the strands of causality to produce the outcomes it desires.  Together, three friends navigate a fragmenting world of mystery and laughter, heartbreak and hope, and small choices with enormous consequences....