Five Seconds Too Late: Caught in the Final Five Seconds Before Tragedy (The Five Second Series Book 1)

What would you do if time dragged you into the final moments before disaster?

Professor Everett Frankwyler spent his life chasing a theory no one believed—
that time is reactive, emotional, and alive.
When the device he built hurls him into history, Everett discovers the truth:
It doesn’t just reveal the past.
It drops him into the last five seconds before tragedy strikes.

With him is Oliver Keen, a grad student who only wanted to finish his thesis. Instead, he becomes an unwilling witness to catastrophe after catastrophe—fighting to survive each jump while Everett’s mind and body begin to fracture under the strain.

Some moments they witness.
Some they try to change.
Most they can’t.

But the more they push against fate, the more time pushes back—warping reality, bending rules, and twisting the device into something sentient and dangerous.

Time isn’t a line.
It’s a trap.
And it’s starting to break.

Perfect for fans of Dark, Dark Matter, Recursion, and Source Code, Five Seconds Too Late is a gripping, character-driven thriller about trauma, fate, and the cost of trying to change the past.

Book 1 of The Five Seconds Series