{"product_id":"five-seconds-too-soon-scott-eichinger-9798275533422","title":"Five Seconds Too Soon: When Time Breaks, So Do We","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if a machine could pull you into the past-\u003cbr\u003ebut never where, when, or why you expected?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Toole never meant to uncover a forgotten time-travel experiment. A sealed archive box, a corrupted USB drive, and a trail of fractured research pull her into the aftermath of a project that broke the people who built it. The logs she finds aren't just records-they're warnings. Coordinates. Trauma. Regret. And they all point toward one missing name: Professor Everett Frankwyler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to understand the device and the tragedies it left behind, Megan follows the scattered clues into a world of abandoned labs, unstable survivors, and a writer whose \"fiction\" reads more like testimony. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes the jumps weren't random... and they're not done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the machine reactivates, Megan, Everett, and Oliver are thrown into violent, unpredictable moments in history-events they were never meant to witness. Each jump grows more chaotic. Each return becomes less certain. And every new rule Megan uncovers feels less like a warning and more like a confession from the people who came before her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive Seconds Too Soon\u003c\/b\u003e is a tense, emotional, character-driven time-travel thriller about trauma, obsession, and the cost of trying to understand a machine that reacts to the people who use it. Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eDark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Effect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRecursion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrimer\u003c\/i\u003e, this second installment in \u003cb\u003eThe Five Seconds Series\u003c\/b\u003e asks: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf the past keeps calling you back, how long before you answer?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Eichinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275533422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Scott Eichinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170948718847,"sku":"9798275533422","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-seconds-too-soon-scott-eichinger-9798275533422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}