The Traveler

A fabulous journey through a multitude of futures … Seriously recommended – Peter F. Hamilton, bestselling author of Pandora’s Star and SalvationIt’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 DoorsEqual 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 BonesThe 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 GodsThe Traveler encapsulates everything I love about sci-fi – enthralling, thought-provoking, and a compelling meditation on what it means to be human – Nicholas Binge, bestselling author of AscensionA 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 * Shelf Awareness *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. * Library Journal *With neither warning nor explanation, an ordinary man finds himself slipping forward through time, away from his family and into the distant future … Provocative and unsettling * Kirkus *A moving family story wrapped in a compelling sf frame * Booklist *Riveting and heart-wrenching, this will make you think about the moments we take for granted * Woman & Home Magazine *A rip-roaring time-travel adventure with the love between a father and a son at its heart * New Scientist *A wonderful sci-fi novel that pulls at your emotions, asking questions about family, love, survival, the greater meaning of existence as well as the meaning of the simpler things in life * Debut Digest *

Joseph Eckert grew up in Northern Wisconsin before heading to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study history. He later attended the University of Iowa and received a master’s in political science. He’s been writing speculative fiction since high school and remains most interested in placing believable characters in unbelievable situations. Joseph currently lives in Greater Seattle with his wife, daughter, and grumpy old cat.

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