{"product_id":"back-across-time-joshua-osswald-9798267443814","title":"Back Across Time: The Fractured Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the end of \u003ci\u003eBook VI: The War of Timekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e, Joshua Osswald was left without a machine-his last battle against a bloodline rival resulting in its apparent destruction. But what if the machine wasn't just a device... but a reflection of its user?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fractured Self\u003c\/i\u003e emerges from that quiet chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStripped of tools, allies, and direction, Joshua is cast into a realm beyond chronology-where fractured versions of himself wander separate timelines: a tyrant who seized control, a teacher who never traveled, a child who died young, and others shaped by forks in time. Each represents a choice not taken... or perhaps taken in an alternate strand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story unfolds not in a single location, but within a labyrinth of memory, regret, and echoing timelines. Here, the past is a library, the future a whisper, and every identity Joshua might have been becomes both threat and clue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on themes hinted at since Book I-identity, legacy, guilt, redemption-\u003ci\u003eThe Fractured Self\u003c\/i\u003e turns the time-travel saga inward. For the first time, Joshua must confront \u003cb\u003ehimself\u003c\/b\u003e across multiversal reflections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is this important?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause to move forward, he must be whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly by accepting the totality of who he is-failures, triumphs, and forgotten versions-can he restore the timeline... and reclaim his role as the Timekeeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Fractured Self\u003c\/i\u003e, the war is not fought with gears or leaps-but with the soul's compass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the machine? It was never truly gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Osswald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798267443814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Joshua Osswald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172217626879,"sku":"9798267443814","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/back-across-time-joshua-osswald-9798267443814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}