TIME LIONS AND THE CHRONO-LOOP

British Sri Lankan twins Patrick and Pearl Amarasinghe hide in plain sight as ordinary London 12-year-olds while secretly moonlighting as historiographical technologists.

Mild-mannered Patrick is a gifted archaeologist, adept at several dead languages. Pearl is a brilliant scientist and inventor, aching to be recognized for her genius and open to breaking the law when it suits her. They’re both obsessed with ancient Greek and Roman culture, to the dismay of their proudly Sri Lankan father. When one of Pearl’s inventions, the Chrono-Loop, transports the twins back to ancient Egypt, they attract the attention of a secret society called The Interdimensional Misconduct Enquiry (or TIME), who correct timeline deviations made by unauthorized time travelers. The siblings undergo tests for recruitment into TIME, but when they deliberately intervene in a bid to prevent World War I, they lose the opportunity—and all their devices. Crushed, Pearl hands the Chrono-Loop blueprints over to Jack Noon, the head of a mysterious startup called Tempus (The Ethical Management of Past Unjust Stuff), who promises to realize their vision of a utopia. Instead, Noon rules as a dictator, banning all cultures other than Greek and Roman. Realizing they’ve been deceived, Patrick and Pearl resolve to make things right. With its brisk pace, well-crafted characters, humorous asides, and abundant plot twists, this book offers a fresh take on time-travel adventures. The cliffhanger climax will leave readers eager for the duology closer.

A pacy adventure, centering Sri Lankan culture and inventively reimagining time travel.