The Traveler: The gripping time travel thriller for fans of Project Hail Mary

· Pan Macmillan
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‘This novel is addictive as hell’

– Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Doors

First a day. Then a year. Then for ever.

Joseph Eckert's The Traveler is a captivating time-travel novel perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Interstellar and Project Hail Mary.

It’s a morning like any other when Scott Treder first slips. One moment he’s driving to work, fingers drumming the steering wheel. The next he is tumbling down the road, his car gone, his world changed.

7:51 a.m. Monday, April 13th.
7:52 a.m. Tuesday, April 14th.

Twenty-four hours, lost in a heartbeat.


This first slip is just the beginning. At precisely 7:52 a.m. each morning, Scott jumps forward in time in ever-doubling intervals. First a day is lost. Then weeks. Then decades. As Scott hurtles helplessly toward the future, he watches his seven-year-old son, Lyle, grow into a man – and then an old man – in a matter of days.

But Lyle has a plan. He dedicates his entire existence to a single, impossible goal: catching the father who is leaving him behind . . .

An epic story of survival, heartbreak, and a father-son bond that defies the laws of physics.

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‘A serious contender for best sci-fi book of the 2020s’
– ScreenRant

‘A fabulous journey through a multitude of futures . . . Seriously recommended’
– Peter F. Hamilton, bestselling author of Pandora's Star and Salvation

‘Heart-rending, yet in the end, a powerful cry of hope in the inevitable dark’
– Claire North, bestselling author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Slow Gods

‘Will tear at your heart. If you loved books like The Time Traveler’s Wife, then you must read this story’
– James Rollins, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones

‘A rip-roaring time-travel adventure with the love between a father and a son at its heart‘
– New Scientist

‘This novel is addictive as hell’ – Gareth Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Doors First a day. Then a year. Then for ever. Joseph Eckert's The Traveler is a captivating time-travel novel perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Interstellar and Project Hail Mary. It’s a morning l...

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1 review
Joe Howard
September 21, 2026
I really really wanted to love this book. The initial premise is unique, and truly involving and moving... at first. But as our protagonist moves through time, the repetition of it, the constant declarations of love for his son and the constant reappraisal of his situation becomes tedious. There is nothing particularly new or exciting about his future, it becomes an unending tennis match of bleakness and resolution. The ending, the reason behind it all is just a massive letdown
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About the author

Joseph Eckert grew up in Northern Wisconsin before heading to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study history. He later attended the University of Iowa and received a master’s in political science. He’s been writing speculative fiction since high school and remains most interested in placing believable characters in unbelievable situations. Joseph currently lives in Greater Seattle with his wife, daughter, and grumpy old cat. The Traveler is his first novel.
Joseph Eckert grew up in Northern Wisconsin before heading to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study history. He later attended the University of Iowa and received a master’s in political science. He’s been writing speculative fiction since high school and remains most interested in placing...

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