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The Traveler

(2026)
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‘This novel is addictive as hell’– Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Doors

First a day. Then a year. Then for ever.

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 a.m. Monday, April 13th.
7:52 a.m. Tuesday, April 14th.

Twenty-four hours, lost in a heartbeat.


This first slip is just the beginning. At precisely 7:52 a.m. 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.

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‘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’
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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



Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"The Traveler is high-concept adventure fiction at its best. It's compelling, full of heart, and contains some scenes of truly haunting beauty. But more than anything this novel is addictive as hell-at every point on Scott Treder's fabulous journey I was desperate to know what happened next!" - Gareth Brown

"Moving and profound ... a story that's heart-rending yet a powerful cry of hope." - Claire North

"If you loved books like The Time Traveler's Wife, then you must read this story. It's equal parts a harrowing time-travel novel and a family drama that will tear at your heart. It's one of my favorite debuts this year. Do not miss it." - James Rollins


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