{"product_id":"the-man-who-stole-tomorrow-alan-webber-9798235036345","title":"The Man Who Stole Tomorrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lost manuscript. A legendary author. A future he was never meant to witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Keith White, Director of Rare Books at the New York Public Library, discovers an impossible 1890 edition of The Time Machine, he realizes it contains something extraordinary: a firsthand account written by H.G. Wells himself, chronicling a secret trip into the future five years before the \"official\" novel was ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the hidden text, Wells describes activating his experimental machine and arriving in 2025, only to find a world collapsing under its own weight. Chicago and London are nearly unrecognizable, filled with homelessness, crime, addiction, organ theft, technology beyond imagination, and societal decay. What begins as a bold scientific experiment becomes a harrowing struggle to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Wells encounters desperate families living under bridges, violent thieves, an unexpected friend who alters history, and a society so advanced yet morally unmoored that it shakes him to his core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStranded more than a century from home and injured in ways he never anticipated, Wells must uncover the final truth: Can he return to his own time and if so, at what cost to history?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the present, Keith becomes obsessed with proving the manuscript's authenticity, especially after discovering a cryptic inscription addressed directly to H.G. Wells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending time-travel adventure, historical fiction, social commentary, and literary mystery, The Man Who Stole Tomorrow reimagines the legacy of a science-fiction pioneer through the story he never told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping, emotionally resonant journey across time and what it truly means to change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Webber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235036345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Webber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"Alan Webber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997658296575,"sku":"9798235036345","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-stole-tomorrow-alan-webber-9798235036345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}