A laugh-out-loud, edge-of-your-seat time-travel adventure perfect for fans of The Last Last-Day-of-Summer and City Spies from New York Times bestseller, Krystal Sutherland.
Twins Pearl and Patrick are no ordinary twelve-year-olds. They’re geniuses, hiding in plain sight, who pull heists all over the world to further their scientific and historical research. Their criminal activity, including grand theft auto and espionage, has made them a regular nuisance to both the CIA and MI5. But it’s all been worth it. They’ve finally achieved their greatest triumph: time travel. Pearl’s Chrono-Loop can take the twins anywhere in time! Their first stop: ancient Egypt, where they even get to see King Tut!
But when they return home, they’re arrested by TIME—The Interdimensional Misconduct Enquiry—a secret organization charged with maintaining the timeline. Turns out Pearl and Patrick didn’t invent time travel, after all—that happened two hundred years ago! And what Pearl did in ancient Egypt—killing a mosquito—could have rewritten history as we know it if not for TIME agents stepping in.
Punishment for disrupting the timeline is 100 years in the Eternal Abyss. But TIME, impressed by the pair, offers them a chance to become agents. Unfortunately, they fail their entrance exam and instead are banned from ever attempting time travel again. Pearl is furious, and when she’s offered another chance at time travel by a rival organization, she takes it! Too late, she realizes she’s been tricked and unwittingly plays a part in replacing the timeline they know with a nightmarish scenario.
Now Pearl and Patrick must clean up the mess they’ve made. But to restore the timeline, they have to go back to the beginning—to Lion Rock—to convince the real inventor of time travel to help them save time and the world.
In this electric time travel adventure steeped in unexplored Sri Lankan history, these whiz kids use their book smarts and a healthy dose of girl power to fight the ultimate villain.
The series
Step into a world where history is fragile, and even the smallest choice can ripple across centuries. In the Time Lions series, twins Pearl and Patrick Amarasinghe are brilliant, curious, and unexpectedly burdened with a secret that could change the past and the future. When their invention, the Chrono-Loop, opens a doorway to ancient civilizations, hidden societies, and forgotten corners of time, they are thrust into a race to preserve history while facing dangers that stretch far beyond their understanding.
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The series blends fast-paced adventure with intricate world-building, exploring the thrill of time travel, the weight of responsibility, and the moral dilemmas that come with changing history. From the bustling streets of modern cities to the shadowed corridors of ancient empires, every chapter carries tension, wonder, and the occasional twist that challenges everything the twins thought they knew.
Readers will be drawn not only to the clever puzzles and historical mysteries but also to the richly drawn characters whose courage, wit, and loyalty are tested at every turn. Themes of identity, consequence, and the delicate balance between curiosity and caution run throughout, giving the story a depth that resonates long after the pages are closed.
Written with the same darkly inventive and emotionally resonant style fans of Krystal Sutherland and Martin Seneviratne have come to expect, the Time Lions series offers a compelling blend of suspense, heart, and imaginative storytelling. It is a journey that moves quickly, surprises constantly, and invites readers of middle-grade and young-adult adventures alike to wonder what they might do if they held the past in their hands.
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