Thorne Family matriarch Lyra falls into slumber. She awakens in the body of her seventh-generation great-granddaughter, ten-year-old Seraphina Thorne. Lyra finds the Thorne Family in undeniable decline, its descendants unworthy. The Four Great Families are also targeted and on the verge of collapse. Lyra decides to restore them, using the child's body to stir up a storm in Cloud City!