The Ministry of Time: A Novel

In the near future, a civil servant accepts a high-paying position and learns she will work for a newly established government ministry. The ministry is gathering people from across history to determine whether time travel is feasible—both for the human body and for the fabric of space-time itself. She becomes a "bridge," living with and monitoring an expat from 1847: Commander Graham Gore, a man who died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 Arctic expedition and is now disoriented by modern life, from washing machines to the collapse of the British Empire. Over the course of a year, their initial uncomfortable living arrangement deepens into something more profound. The bridge falls in love with Gore, but when the true nature of the Ministry's project is revealed, she faces unexpected consequences. She must confront the choices that brought them together and decide what role she can play in changing the future. The novel combines time travel romance, spy thriller, and workplace comedy while exploring themes of power and love's potential to transform it.