A must-read for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library, and sweeping time-travel novels, The Book of Lost Hours is an unforgettable story about two extraordinary women navigating postwar America, Cold War intrigue, and a mysterious dimension known as the time space—a vast library containing the preserved memories of those who witnessed history.
Hidden beyond the bounds of reality lies the time space: a towering, otherworldly library accessible only through specially crafted watches—once passed from father to son, now largely controlled by the government. This is where eleven-year-old Lisavet Levy becomes stranded in 1938, waiting for her watchmaker father to return. When he never does, Lisavet grows up among the books and restless spirits, experiencing the outside world only by reading the memories left behind by others.
But when she discovers government agents entering the time space to erase volumes and rewrite history, Lisavet begins preserving endangered memories in a secret book of her own. Then, in 1949, the arrival of American spy Ernest Duquesne offers her a rare connection to the world she lost—and a dangerous chance to change both history and the time space forever.
In 1965, Ernest’s sixteen-year-old niece Amelia Duquesne is grieving his mysterious disappearance when a shadowy CIA operative recruits her to recover a powerful book of memories her uncle once sought. Stepping into the time space for the first time, Amelia quickly realizes that the past is not fixed, truth is never simple, and her family’s fate is tied to secrets that stretch across decades.
A sweeping work of historical fantasy and speculative fiction, The Book of Lost Hours explores memory, identity, and the lengths we go to protect the people we love—even when time itself stands in the way.
