Five Seconds Too Late
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Five Seconds Too Late
by Scott Eichinger
What would you do if time grabbed you by the throat… and refused to let go?
Everett is a brilliant but untested scientist. Lucy is a woman trying to outrun her past. Oliver just wanted to survive grad school. None of them expected to become unwilling travelers in time—dropped without warning into the seconds before disaster strikes.
From familiar cities to forgotten moments in history, they arrive with no explanation, no instructions… and no power to change what’s coming. Fires. Bombings. Falling towers. They are always five seconds too late.
But as the jumps begin to follow a pattern—and the psychological toll builds—the question changes from “how do we stop this?” to “why us?” And what happens when the past stops playing by the rules?
With a blend of speculative science, human vulnerability, and haunting suspense, Five Seconds Too Late is a mind-bending thriller that explores the cost of witnessing tragedy and the threads that connect us all through time.
Fans of Blake Crouch, M.R. Carey, and Netflix’s Dark will devour this tense, emotionally rich story about memory, morality, and the moments that define us.