First published 2026
A nondescript building on a quiet Sydney road houses something extraordinary: the Time Travel Agency. Anna, a single mother desperate for a fresh start, sees the Agency as her chance to rebuild her career and transform her life. Teddy, skilled at rescuing failing businesses but unable to save his own crumbling marriage, believes time travel might let him repair his troubled past. Jade wants nothing to do with the Agency because she refuses to believe people can actually journey through time. She has enough problems managing her difficult daughter and hiding a painful secret she cannot bear to reveal. When the three strangers find themselves pulled toward the same mysterious organization, their lives become entangled in ways none of them expected. The Agency promises to send clients into the past, but whether its claims are genuine remains unclear. What cannot be questioned is how profoundly each person's encounter with the Agency transforms their present reality.
Genres: fiction, science-fiction, literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, speculative-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotionally-complex, introspective, mysterious, thought-provoking, transformative
Tropes: found-family, life-changing-opportunity, second-chance, strangers-brought-together
Setting: Sydney
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
544 pages · Paperback · Ultimo Press
Content warnings: mental-illness