Who is Colette du Bois, why does Louis de Geer care about her, and what is her connection to Crucibellus? As the ripples of the Ring of Fire event continue to spread through Europe, new opportunities are created, new possibilities arise, and new destinies appear. Louis has a vision of one of those destinies, one that will change the Rhineland forever, but it will take some of the knowledge brought back from the future in Grantville to make it possible. And the perception, strength, and skill of Colette and her new up-timer husband may be the most critical piece of his plans. Soldiers gather, spies engage in espionage, and merchants wager fortunes on the slimmest of odds, in the hopes of bringing about a new future. At the publisher’s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).