The World That Was is Jay Pelchen’s debut novel, a time travel adventure that explores a young woman’s struggles on a one-way journey to the past.
Now available on Amazon or get a copy signed by the author here! Learn more about how TWTW was written and Jay’s efforts to make his book a physical reality.
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Want to go back in time?
Planet Earth is broken.
Civilisation was plunged back into the Dark Age when the Sun spewed forth the largest solar flare in recorded history. But amidst the ashes, a lone physicist made humanity’s greatest scientific breakthrough – time travel.
A decade later, the fledgling technology is ready to send a pair of daring pioneers on a one-way journey into the past. When the portal shuts there will be no communication. And no coming back.
Even then, Matilda and Harry were enthusiastic volunteers, eager to impart their futuristic knowledge so a subsequent civilisation might mitigate the inevitable celestial cataclysm.
But when the inaugural mission goes awry, Matilda finds herself trapped and alone in 12th Century England.
She is Chronomad One. Humanity’s first time traveller.
Feedback for The World That Was:
“You get a sense of science/education as magic/miracle”
“A story that bends towards optimism and hope”
“I love a good heroine story”
“Such a beautiful historical fiction”
“A ton of research to make the past authentically unpleasant!”
“I read it in two days!”