Cadmia awakens after losing her memory due to the detonation of a weapon developed by her family, the Great House Harmonia of Mars. Upon waking in the private Jovian medical facility orbiting Mars, her uncanny maid Deianira is there to wait upon her every need.

Things are tedious but predictable in the city-state of Saltpotter until a couple of visitors come looking for something they’ve lost. Something Saltpotter might have. And if not? They can replace it.

A British noblewoman addresses some of the rumors concerning the recent changes in her life.