The second book in The Hidden Lands of Nod revisits Meg and her friends from the exile realms of the Dvarsh-the metamathemage, Ekaterina Rigidstick, and her cousin, the part-human poet, Jackanapes Plenty-in a vastly different reality twenty years on. Peril and possibility are equally afoot as Meg seeks to resolve lingering issues from her season on the mountain. This fast-moving follow-on to Prelude to a Change of Mind picks up and enlarges the tale of Meg, the Dvarsh, the Thrm, and their collective struggle to save both love and the planet.