▁re build ▁society ▁more ▁quickly ▁after ▁the ▁Empire ' s ▁fall . ▁Sib yl s ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁communicate ▁with ▁a ▁vast ▁electronic ▁datab ank , ▁which ▁explains ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁answer ▁seem ingly ▁un know able ▁questions . ▁Moon ▁lear ns ▁from ▁another ▁sib yl ▁that ▁S par ks ▁is ▁in ▁danger , ▁and ▁returns ▁to ▁T iam at ▁il leg ally . ▁Due ▁to ▁time ▁d ilation , ▁five ▁years ▁pass ▁on ▁T iam at ▁while ▁Moon ▁is ▁only ▁gone ▁for ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁weeks . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁crash ▁landing ▁and ▁short ▁so j ourn ▁as ▁a ▁capt ive ▁of ▁Winter ▁out la ws , ▁Moon ▁returns ▁to ▁Car b un cle ▁and ▁confront s ▁A rien rh od . ▁A rien rh od ' s ▁plan ▁to ▁un le ash ▁the ▁pl ague ▁is ▁fo iled , ▁but ▁Moon ▁is ▁chosen ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁next ▁Summer ▁Queen . ▁She ▁prepar es ▁T iam at ▁to ▁face ▁the ▁H eg em ony ▁as ▁a ▁peer ▁when ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 ▁years ▁of ▁summer ▁end ▁and ▁inter stell ar ▁travel ▁is ▁again ▁possible ▁through ▁the ▁black ▁hole . ▁ ▁Se qu els ▁ ▁V inge ▁wrote ▁a ▁sequ el ▁to ▁The ▁Snow ▁Queen ▁called ▁The ▁Summer ▁Queen ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁with ▁a ▁nov ella , ▁World ' s ▁End ▁( 1 9 8 4 ), ▁linking ▁the ▁two . ▁A ▁third ▁novel , ▁Tang led ▁Up ▁In ▁Blue , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0