The Forest on the Edge of Time
Tor/Forge · Hardcover · February 3, 2026
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.
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- Who it’s for
- For when you want layered sci-fi that thinks as it moves.
- Genres
- Time Travel Fiction, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian
- Published
- Tor/Forge, February 3, 2026
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The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction. Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy.
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Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny robots and an untrustworthy AI for company. Both women suffer from amnesia, but when they fall asleep, their consciousnesses transcend time and they meet in their dreams. Together, they start to uncover their past – but soon discover the past threatens humanity’s survival. If Echo and Hazel have a chance of changing the future, they must remember to forget… THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME is a novel about family and duty and the worlds we try to save along the way.
Thinking in Motion
For when you want layered sci-fi that thinks as it moves.
Come here for
- time-bending SF with a crime pulse
- politics and philosophy threaded through the machinery
Expect
- a contemplative, slightly edgy register
- cultural references that reward close reading
Where it sits
| Time Travel Fiction | 93% |
|---|---|
| Dystopian | 38% |
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Time Travel Fiction
- Nature Fiction
- Authors
- Jasmin Kirkbride
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- February 3, 2026
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic