When a portal spins Rosette and Jarrod off in different directions, Rosette is caught in a loop of repeating events. A strange bard helps her find a way back home, but things have changed -- Jarrod is missing, her mentor is a child and women are forbidden to carry swords. While Kreshkali leads the survivors on Earth, Rosette and her Temple Cat turn to the future for help -- but which future? Time is their only hope, and it's playing tricks ...