This is the stunning first novel in a new trilogy by debut author Tara Sim. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden and means risking everything he's fought to achieve.īut when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target or he'll not only lose his father but the boy he loves-forever.
A romance that will shake the very foundations of time. A boy who would give anything to relive his past, and one who would give anything to live at all. A series of mysterious bombings that could jeopardize all of England. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower's clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield's time. A prodigy mechanic who can repair not only clockwork but time itself, determined to rescue his father from a Stopped town. Danny's new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.Īnd so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. It's a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years.
In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time-and a destroyed one can stop it completely.
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