Hope for the Best

'You can't change History. History doesn't like it. There are always consequences.'

Max is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands. Especially when she's had A Brilliant Idea. Yes, it will mean breaking a few rules, but - as Max always says - they're not her rules.

Seconded to the Time Police to join in the hunt for the renegade Clive Ronan, Max is a long way from St Mary's. But life in the future does have its plus points - although not for long.

A problem with the Time Map reveals chaos in the 16th century and the wrong Tudor queen on the throne. History has gone rogue, there's a St Mary's team right in the firing line and Max must step up.

You know what they say. Hope for the best. But plan for the worst.

Spoiler Plot Summary for Hope for the Best (HFTB)
 * Starts with both Max and Leon recovering from injuries and Mathew going to school at the Time Police. Mentions Mathew's drawing of the time map. Max makes it quite clear she has a plan to take care of the threat of Clive Ronan and many people at St. Mary's and in the Time Police are in on it.
 * By chapter four, she's seconded to the Time Police.
 * Mathew discovers a mistake in the Time Map, because he has a Mysterious Connection to it.
 * With Time Police, she goes to 19 Aug 1588 London, where they find a panic and Lady Jane Grey queen. They team up with St. Mary's, then split up to go directly to 1553 and 1554 to fix the timeline.
 * She takes pod alone to St. Mary's present day to find it empty except for Halcombe, who has taken over St. Mary's, with governmental blessing, and has a few staff as prisoners. He makes her jump with Miss North to Jerusalem 33AD (a forbidden jump) and Max decides to kill them all, but the Time Police show up, so she doesn't have to
 * Goes to Mrs. DeWinter's house, gathers allies and strength, who help her go to St. Mary's and figure out coordinates for St. Mary's refuge camp. Goes there.
 * Leaves with Adrian and Mikey to start plan to capture Ronan. When Adrian and Mikey are caught by Time Police, Max breaks them out.
 * Approaches Atticus Wolfe (and sidekick Khalife), presenting herself as greedy historian who has untraceable pod. He wants proof of time travel, so she goes to Pinky, gets two dodos, then takes Wolfe and Khalife to Kush where madcapness occurs.
 * Takes Wolfe and Khalife to Cretaceous to lure Ronan out. Lots of adventure. And dinosaurs.
 * Back to Time Police Headquarters, where she discovers that they betray her
 * Back to St. Mary's, where she finds Mathew returned