β Scribed by Elyse Douglas
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In 1968, a terrible tragedyβIn 2018, a secret government agencyβOne slim chance to travel back in timeβOne terrifying week to change the past.βA gripping, intimate story, profoundly human and relentlessly surprising.ββFelicity JenningsIn 1968, Charlotte Vance was one of the few women employed by the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C. She put in long hours and was working when a fire started in her home. Her daughters and husband were killed. For fifty years, she has felt responsible for their deaths.In 2018, when a former colleague from the NSA mentions a top secret government agency that is experimenting with time travel, she decides to apply.She discovers that TEMPUS has many secrets. The scientists are mind-bendingly strange and brilliant. She must endure grueling physical, emotional and psychological tests. She fears her age and weak heart might disqualify her.After a difficult time travel journey, Charlotte learns a shocking truth: TEMPUS has hidden motives for sending her. She struggles to change the tragedy of her personal past while also struggling to stop TEMPUS from violently altering history.
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