What if the future's survival meant stealing from the past—and breaking time itself?
In the year 2173, sunlight is no longer free.
Fifteen-year-old solar engineer Zara Valdez lives aboard Solaris Haven, a gleaming floating city powered by innovation—and lies. When she uncovers evidence that Solaris is siphoning energy from catastrophic moments in history, including the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, Zara stumbles upon a truth that could unravel time itself.
Framed for sabotage and hunted as a traitor, Zara escapes with Axel, a battle-scarred time-surfer harboring dangerous secrets. With the rebel Chronos Collective, she learns to ride the currents of temporal energy, fighting to stop Solaris from erasing history's most vital moments.
But time travel is unstable. Costly. Deadly.
On a mission to Renaissance Florence to protect a lost invention of Leonardo da Vinci, Zara defies the laws of time to save a fading friend—and fractures reality in the process. Now pursued across centuries by enemies and echoes of herself, Zara must choose: protect those she loves… or save the timeline from collapse.
Heart-pounding, thought-provoking, and full of emotional depth, Timebound is a genre-bending YA sci-fi debut perfect for fans of The Infinity Courts, Illuminae, and The Hunger Games.
