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The Traveler

A gripping time-travel thriller for fans of Project Hail Mary

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The Traveler

By: Joseph Eckert
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Narrated by Ray Porter, the multi-Audie Award winning voice behind Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and the Bobiverse series.

First a day. Then a year. Then forever.

Joseph Eckert's The Traveler is a captivating and heart-wrenching debut perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Project Hail Mary and Interstellar.

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.

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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’
– 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

Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Time Travel

Critic Reviews

‘A fabulous journey through a multitude of futures . . . Seriously recommended’ (Peter F. Hamilton, bestselling author of Pandora’s Star and Salvation)
It's compelling, full of heart, and contains some scenes of truly haunting beauty. But more than anything this novel is addictive as hell . . . I was desperate to know what happened next! (Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Doors)
Equal parts a harrowing time-travel novel and a family drama that will tear at your heart. If you loved books like The Time Traveler’s Wife, then you must read this story. It’s one of my favorite debuts this year. Do not miss it (James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones)
The Traveler is a slow-build marvel that combines the profoundly personal with a soaring vision of frightening and uplifting futures . . . Joseph Eckert has created a yarn that is 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)
A bold, ultimately uplifting saga of one man's accelerated journey into an unknowable future and its impact on the young boy who will one day change the world
A compelling sci-fi time-travel tale . . . A highlight of the novel is the way Eckert imagines the future settings Scott inhabits, which he describes in vivid detail.
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