The release date for the English version of 'The Time Keeper' by
Mitch Albom is Sep 2012. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The first man on Earth to count the hours becomes Father Time in this story.
The first clockmaker in history is condemned for attempting to quantify God's greatest invention. For millennia, he is imprisoned in a cave and forced to hear the voices of others who have gone before him, pleading for longer days and years. After his soul is almost completely destroyed, Father Time is finally set free. He also receives a magical hourglass and a mission: to educate two individuals on Earth the real meaning of time in order to atone for his sins.
He returns to our world, which is now ruled by the hour-counting he so innocently started, and sets off on a trip with two unexpected companions: an affluent elderly businessman who wants to live forever, and a young girl who is on the verge of giving up on life. He has to rescue them both so he may save himself. And halt the globe in order to do it.