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Time to burn : a novel / Ellery Lloyd.

Lloyd, Ellery (author.).

Summary:

"Mercurial tech entrepreneur Inigo Frank has perfected commercial time travel, though it is tightly regulated and so expensive that it's open only to the very wealthiest. His company, Tempus Tours, has so far been approved for just one route: a journey back to London in 1941, to the days of the Blitz, allowing the super-rich to experience the awesome sights and sounds of the aerial bombardment of the capital during World War II. It's a slick operation--routes across the wartime city are meticulously plotted, guides are extensively trained, and rules for the time tourists are strictly enforced. To immortalize his achievement, Frank enlists award-winning filmmaker Phoebe Hunt to create a fly-on-the-wall documentary. On her first day shadowing Inigo, she is set to witness the return of a billionaire property developer and his family from their trip to the past. But instead of their awe-filled return, she captures the group arriving bloodied and traumatized, with one of their number missing. Not only that, but Phoebe recognizes the missing woman, and knows not only that she's not who she claims to be but that she has every reason to harbor a grudge against her. And as events begin to unravel in the present day, it seems increasingly clear that she had sinister motives for returning to the past--and that people close to Phoebe are in danger. Phoebe must race to untangle the truth--before past and the future are rewritten."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063323056
  • ISBN: 0063323052
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2026]
Subject:
Time travel > Fiction
Tourism > Fiction.
London (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941 > Fiction.
Billionaires > Fiction
Documentary films > Production and direction > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Genre:
Thrillers (Fiction)
Time-travel fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 2 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System. (Show)

Holds

  • 8 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Mooneyham Public Library F Llo (Text) 30113100269344 Adult Fiction Reshelving -
Beaufort Main F LLOYD (Text) 34208900295949 Adult Fiction In process -
Corolla Library ON ORDER (Text) CURR323056 Adult New Fiction In process -
East Asheville Library F LLO (Text) 0020514230729 Adult New Fiction In process -
G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library FIC LLO (Text) 31420621357030 Adult New Fiction Checked out 08/11/2026
Henderson Main Branch HCPL2037967 (Text) HCPL2037967 Adult New Fiction In process -
High Point Library FIC LLOYD ELLERY (Text) 30519020539956 Adult New Fiction In process -
High Point Library FIC LLOYD ELLERY (Text) 30519020539964 Adult New Fiction In process -
Leland Library On Order (Text) BRUNS25176141517322 On Order On order -
Mauney Memorial Library F LLO (Text) 26280862106299 Adult New Fiction Available -

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Summary: "Mercurial tech entrepreneur Inigo Frank has perfected commercial time travel, though it is tightly regulated and so expensive that it's open only to the very wealthiest. His company, Tempus Tours, has so far been approved for just one route: a journey back to London in 1941, to the days of the Blitz, allowing the super-rich to experience the awesome sights and sounds of the aerial bombardment of the capital during World War II. It's a slick operation--routes across the wartime city are meticulously plotted, guides are extensively trained, and rules for the time tourists are strictly enforced. To immortalize his achievement, Frank enlists award-winning filmmaker Phoebe Hunt to create a fly-on-the-wall documentary. On her first day shadowing Inigo, she is set to witness the return of a billionaire property developer and his family from their trip to the past. But instead of their awe-filled return, she captures the group arriving bloodied and traumatized, with one of their number missing. Not only that, but Phoebe recognizes the missing woman, and knows not only that she's not who she claims to be but that she has every reason to harbor a grudge against her. And as events begin to unravel in the present day, it seems increasingly clear that she had sinister motives for returning to the past--and that people close to Phoebe are in danger. Phoebe must race to untangle the truth--before past and the future are rewritten."--Provided by publisher.