How to Stop Time

"The world seemed to be sliding away from me as she smiled a delicate, worried smile, and I wanted to slip away too, to go wherever she was going... I'd lived through whole years without her, but that was it. a presence. An abridged novel."

Tom Hazard just returned to his former town of London in order to settle down and pursue a career as a history teacher at a high school. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. But Tom is hiding something deadly. Despite his seemingly normal 41-year-old appearance, he has been living for millennia due to an uncommon disease. Having performed alongside Shakespeare, sailed the high seas with Captain Cook, and had drinks with Fitzgerald, Tom has seen history firsthand. All he wants now is a regular life.

Unfortunately for Tom, there is only one rule followed by the reclusive organisation that protects him—never fall in love. This is the Albatross Society. The one thing he can't have just so happens to be the one thing that could rescue him, as he faces the prospect of his new life and relationship being derailed by agonising memories of his past and the capricious actions of the Society's vigilant leader. Tom will ultimately have to choose between continuing to live in the past and finally moving on.

A man trapped in time, the lady who may rescue him, and the number of lives it can take to learn how to live are all included in How to Stop Time, a love tale for all ages. It's a heartfelt, incredibly inventive book about self-discovery and loss, change that is inevitable, and the possibility of happiness if we have enough time to learn.

A big-budget movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch is on the horizon.