Where is this Shingeki no Kyojin light novel in the series' timeline?


According to
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Attack_on_Titan_light_novels#Harsh_Mistress_of_the_City)
there are three light novel volumes titled _Before the Fall_ , which are
prologues to the anime/manga storyline. I saw another light novel titled
_Harsh Mistress of the City_ which comes right after them.

Does that novel tell the story from where the anime and the manga is starting?




The spin-off light novel [**Attack on Titan: Queen of the Isolated
City**](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_on_Titan:_Queen_of_the_Isolated_City),
subtitled _The Harsh Mistress of the City_ , is set in the year of 845, a few
days after the appearance of the Colossal Titan in the main series
[[source](http://shingeki-kyojin.com/archives/39591537.html)]. After the
breach of Wall Maria, Titans appeared in the [Quinta
District](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Quinta_District) and chaos
ensued in this isolated city. So far, only the first volume has been released,
on August 1, 2014. There is a legal [free
sample](http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063752960) in Japanese.

![The Harsh Mistress of the City volume 1
cover](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KRo5gm.jpg)

Two volumes in total were planned for this spin-off. The info was given on a
flier included in Volume 12 of the main series.

![Volume 12 flier](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uIUAkm.png)




The spin-off light novel [**Attack on Titan: Queen of the Isolated
City**](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_on_Titan:_Queen_of_the_Isolated_City),
subtitled _The Harsh Mistress of the City_ , is set in the year of 845, a few
days after the appearance of the Colossal Titan in the main series
[[source](http://shingeki-kyojin.com/archives/39591537.html)]. After the
breach of Wall Maria, Titans appeared in the [Quinta
District](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Quinta_District) and chaos
ensued in this isolated city. So far, only the first volume has been released,
on August 1, 2014. There is a legal [free
sample](http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063752960) in Japanese.

![The Harsh Mistress of the City volume 1
cover](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KRo5gm.jpg)

Two volumes in total were planned for this spin-off. The info was given on a
flier included in Volume 12 of the main series.

![Volume 12 flier](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uIUAkm.png)

