Time doesn’t break politely. When the Department of Future Planning uncovers a paradox hiding inside the rabbit‑run temporal warren, the timeline begins to twist, flicker, and argue with itself. Deputy Prime Minister Blithe, the Keeper of the backwards‑ticking watch, and a small but determined Parliament of rabbits must confront the impossible: two versions of Andy Burnham, each claiming to be the rightful future. Enter Angela Rayner — The Red Queen. Her authority bends reality. Her decisions rewrite futures. Her presence stabilises collapsing timelines by sheer force of will. But when the warren cracks open and the paradox spills into the present, the future rebels. Fractures tear through the air. Temporal constructs march. A new, impossible Andy steps out of the rupture — one shaped entirely by the future’s anger. The Red Queen must choose which Andy survives. She must decide which future stands. And when the fractures explode, she must face the truth: The future has declared war. Book 1 ends at the moment the timeline breaks open — and the Red Queen steps forward to fight.