Set in Victorian London with characters real and imagined, The Map of Time is a page-turner that boasts a triple play of  intertwined plots in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence.

What happens if we change history? Félix J. Palma explores this question in The Map of Time, weaving a historical fantasy as imaginative as it is exciting—a story full of love and adventure that transports readers to a haunting setting in Victorian London for their own taste of time travel.

Félix J. Palma has been unanimously acclaimed by critics as one of the most brilliant and original storytellers of our time. His devotion to the short story genre has earned him more than a hundred awards. The Map of Time, his first book to be published in the United States, received the 2008 Ateneo de Sevilla XL Prize and is being published in more than thirty countries. Please visit www.mapoftimebook.com.

PRAISE FOR THE MAP OF TIME

“Strange and wonderful. Magical and smart. Félix J. Palma has done more than written a wonderful novel, he’s concocted a supernatural tour de force. Time travel, tragic love, murder and mystery all combine in what is nothing short of a surprising, satisfying and mesmerizing read.” – M.J. Rose, International Bestseller

"The Map of Time recalls the science fiction of Wells and Verne, and then turns the early masters on their heads. A brilliant and breathtaking trip through metafictional time." --Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Leviathan

"Palma makes his U.S. debut with the brilliant first in a trilogy, an intriguing thriller that explores the ramifications of time travel in three intersecting narratives." -- starred Publishers Weekly review

"Readers who embark on the journey...will be richly rewarded. --starred Booklist review

"Lyrical storytelling and a rich attention to detail make this prize-winning novel  an enthralling read." --starred Library Journal Review

“The Map of Time is a singularly inventive, luscious story with a core of pure, unsettling weirdness. With unnerving grace and disturbing fantasy, it effortlessly straddles that impossible line between being decidedly familiar, and yet absolutely new.” --Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker

INTERNATIONAL PRAISE:

“A miracle from start to finish… a masterpiece” --Qué leer

 “A bestseller that any literature professor would be proud to say he’s reading.” --El public

“A novel …that will stay with a reader for years to come.” --El periódico de Cataluña

“A master work.” --El mercurio

“Literary excellence.” –ABC

 “…displays mastery, passion and, above all, quality.” --El bálsamo de Fierabrás

“ Brilliant” --La opinión

 “Masterfully written.” --La biblioteca imaginaria

 “A master work.” --Literatura prospective

“A mind game and a joy to read.” -- Miguel A. Delgado, Dioses y monstruos

“The perfect fusion of entertainment and the highest tenets of literature…” --Diario de Cádiz

“After this book, it will be hard to imagine any other writer taking up the task of writing about time travel. He’s made it very, very difficult for anyone to follow in his footsteps.” --Andrés Pérez Dominguez, writer

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