The Traveler

About the book

About The Traveler

‘This novel is addictive as hell’ – Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Doors First a day. Then a year. Then forever. Joseph Eckert's The Traveler is a captivating time travel novel perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Interstellar and Project Hail Mary. It’s a morning like any other when Scott Treder first slips. One moment, he’s driving to work, fingers drumming the steering wheel. The next, he is tumbling down the road, his car gone, his world changed. 7:51 am. Monday, April 13th. 7:52 am. Tuesday, April 14th. Twenty-four hours, lost in a heartbeat. This first slip is just the beginning. At precisely 7:52 am each morning, Scott jumps forward in time in ever-doubling intervals. First a day is lost. Then weeks. Then decades. As Scott hurtles helplessly toward the future, he watches his seven-year-old son, Lyle, grow into a man – and then an old man – in a matter of days. But Lyle has a plan. He dedicates his entire existence to a single, impossible goal: catching the father who is leaving him behind . . . An epic story of survival, heartbreak, and a father-son bond that defies the laws of physics. * * * ‘A fabulous journey through a multitude of futures . . . Seriously recommended’ – Peter F. Hamilton, bestselling author of Pandora's Star and Salvation ‘Heart-rending, yet in the end, a powerful cry of hope in the inevitable dark’ – Claire North, bestselling author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Slow Gods ‘Will tear at your heart. If you loved books like The Time Traveler’s Wife, then you must read this story’ – James Rollins, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones ‘A rip-roaring time-travel adventure with the love between a father and a son at its heart‘ – New Scientist

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