Bootstrap's Journey - ebook

When Claire Hilyer receives a mysterious package and letter from her best friend Tony, she thinks it’s an unexpected romantic gesture. But the truth is far stranger: Tony sent them twenty-five years ago — before his birth.

Intrigued and unsettled, Claire goes to Tony’s house and arrives just in time to see him locked in a fight with a stranger. Moments later, both vanish before her eyes… into the past.

The package Tony left behind contains more than a letter: it’s a diary, digitally forged from his own thoughts — and it’s a desperate cry for help. Stranded in 2017, Tony must learn to survive without family, friends, or money in a time before his existence. Worse, a ruthless enemy stalks him across eras, determined to claim Tony’s invention — a time travel device — for deadly purposes.

As timelines twist and paradoxes threaten, Claire must unravel the truth, follow Tony’s trail, and risk everything to bring him home before time itself runs out.

Bootstrap’s Journey is a fast-paced, witty sci-fi thriller that blends danger, mystery, romance, and the mind-bending paradoxes of time travel.

At a Glance

Genre: Light sci-fi thriller
Tropes: Time travel, bootstrap paradox, reluctant hero, found family, forbidden romance
Content: Moderate action violence, no gore, no explicit sex
Tone: Fast-paced, character-driven, subtle humour
Comparable to: Timeline by Michael Crichton, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, and Recursion by Blake Crouch — blending the emotional depth of paradox romance with the momentum of a sci-fi thriller.