To Say Nothing of the Dog

In a future where time travel is an academic pursuit, Ned Henry, a historian specializing in the mid-20th century, is suffering from severe 'time-lag' after too many jumps. His latest assignment involves endless trips to the bombed-out Coventry Cathedral, part of a sprawling, seemingly nonsensical project orchestrated by the enigmatic Lady Schrapnell. However, a critical temporal anomaly demands an immediate, clandestine mission to Victorian England. With Ned as the only available (and barely functional) historian, he's tasked with recovering an unknown, vital artifact from 1888, all while trying to piece together his own muddled instructions. Partnered with the formidable Verity Kindle, a language expert with a penchant for anachronisms, Ned navigates the eccentricities of the Victorian era, from Oxford's hallowed halls to a country estate, encountering peculiar characters, missing objects, and a mysterious cat. As the stakes rise and the integrity of the timeline hangs precariously in the balance, Ned must overcome his chronic disorientation and the baffling demands of Lady Schrapnell to prevent history from unraveling irrevocably.