The Forest on the Edge of Time - by Jasmin Kirkbride (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.

Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer's assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny robots and an untrustworthy AI for company.

Both women suffer from amnesia, but when they fall asleep, their consciousnesses transcend time and they meet in their dreams. Together, they start to uncover their past - but soon discover the past threatens humanity's survival.

If Echo and Hazel have a chance of changing the future, they must remember to forget...

THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME is a novel about family and duty and the worlds we try to save along the way.

Review Quotes

"I ripped through The Forest on the Edge of Time. Incisive and thoughtful sci-fi packed with emotion, urgency, and hope for a better future. A stellar achievement." --Nicholas Binge, author of Ascension and Extremity

"Magical, melancholic, and moving. A wonderful debut, infused with reflection and hope in the face of tragedy" --Antony Johnston, author of Atomic Blonde

About the Author

Jasmin Kirkbride is an author and academic. Her short fiction has appeared in publications including Reactor, and her story "Sand" was featured in Some of the Best from Tor.com 2021. Her eco-poetry has been published in places including Frogpond and Presence, and she was the 2022 Researcher-in-Residence for the British Haiku Society, investigating haiku in the climate crisis. An ex-editor and book trade journalist, Jasmin is now a Lecturer by day. She holds an MA in ancient history from King's College London, and an MA in creative writing and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her thesis explored radical hope in dystopian climate fiction, and her academic research explores climate fiction, ecopoetry, and fungal literature. The Forest on the Edge of Time is her debut novel.