In a quiet corner of Oxford, behind the weathered glass of a centuries-old bookshop, Clara Everhart keeps the past alive.
Antiquarian. Scholar. Dreamer.
Clara isn’t just a guardian of forgotten manuscripts—she’s a seeker of hidden histories, a woman whose life is stitched between the fragile pages of the past. But when a mysterious manuscript and an ancient clock unlock secrets no history book has ever told, Clara is thrust into a world where time is not a line, but a Pattern waiting to be followed… or unraveled.
The Missing Manuscript introduces Clara Everhart not as a heroine by choice, but by necessity. She is a woman shaped by a deep reverence for the knowledge that came before her and a profound curiosity about the mysteries that refuse to stay buried. Oxford’s streets are familiar to her; the ticking of clocks a constant companion. Yet even she cannot imagine the vastness—and the danger—hidden within the thin spaces of time.
At first glance, Clara’s world seems safe, even idyllic. She mends spines of broken tomes, catalogs centuries-old secrets, and chats with her fiercely independent cat, Aercutio. But it only takes one discovery—the unlocking of a mechanism no one else could see—to change everything. Clara is drawn into The Pattern, an ancient, invisible network binding key events across human history. And some would do anything to control it.
Clara’s strengths aren’t found in brute force or flashy powers. Her greatest weapons are her mind, her heart, and an unwavering belief that knowledge must be protected, not manipulated. She is an academic adventurer—someone who would rather solve a puzzle than brandish a sword, yet who rises to every challenge with grit and grace.
As the series unfolds, readers will follow Clara through the streets of Renaissance Florence, into secret societies, and across times and places shaped by invention, betrayal, and hope. Her story weaves together historical fiction, speculative science, and the timeless human drive to understand who we are by understanding where we come from.
But Clara is not a passive traveler. Every choice she makes reshapes the future she’s trying to protect. Every clue she uncovers raises new questions about loyalty, destiny, and the price of knowledge.
At its heart, the Clara Everhart series is about more than time travel. It’s about discovery, resilience, and the thin, shimmering line between past and present, certainty and wonder.
Clara Everhart invites you to step across that line—to follow the Pattern, to embrace the unknown, and to find the hidden manuscripts within your own story.
The journey begins with The Missing Manuscript, launching April 30, 2025.
Will you follow the Pattern?
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