Yifan, like many eleven-year-old girls, wishes she was a Princess. Then she meets Vicky and becomes part of an adventure that began over two thousand years before. But who is Vicky? Is she Yifan from the future - or is she something even more mysterious? And even with Vicky's help, Yifan can't avoid the threats to herself and her family that the revelations of the past can bring.Most young girls like to think that they are really Princesses. For Yifan, the dreams become a reality when she meets her future self, Vicky, who tells her about a mysterious pot which has been handed down through her family for years.When she finds the pot, Yifan is propelled into an adventure that imperils her whole family; and even with Vicky's help there is no guarantee that any of them might survive the clash between the old Empire and the new.But Vicky is growing up faster than Yifan, and her work as an archaeologist takes her deeper into danger than even she can deal with. It's up to Yifan to save her kidnapped family in one world, and Vicky in the other as she pursues grave robbers into the tomb of the First Emperor of China...