The best time-travel story I've ever read. Just came out last month. Listened to the audiobook twice and just got the hardback. I *never* do that, lol.
I don't want to spoil it, so just the basic premise: one morning at 7:52, a middle-aged man spontaneously slips forward in time; he literally disappears and then reappears at 7:52 the next morning in exactly the same spot with no awareness of time passing. The next day at 7:52am, it happens again, except when he reappears, 2 days have now passed. Then 4 days, and then 8. You see where this is going. After a week of these involuntary time slips, his 7-year-old son and wife have experienced 2 months, mostly with him absent. Three more days for him, over a year for his family. The law of exponents playing out against the brutally short human lifespan. The first half of the book describes a month of the protagonist's life. Do the math, lol.
Much of the tone explores the emotional impact this has on him and his family, and if I'm being honest, maybe too much for my taste. But that wasn't enough to detract from the brilliance of how the author explores the mechanics ("will this spot be available/accessible/appropriate/dangerous when I reappear in x-number of days/months/years/eons?" ) and even the details like eating meals, but of course also the spectre of seeing how humanity and earth evolve and change, one 23h59m59s glimpse at a time, in ever increasing intervals. Hoping someone will be available to explain what he is witnessing. And the painful, overarching theme of having missed out on most of his son's life.
I heard the author say in an interview that a studio has already purchased the rights, and a script is written (not by him though). Really looking forward to that, soon I hope.
I'm really impressed with this first-published work by this author. Hope some of you read and enjoy it as much as I did.
https://thenerddaily.com/joseph-eckert-the-traveler-author-interview/
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