The Edge of Forever

Jane Smith knows what it feels like to be invisible.

No father. No relatives. A mother who works at the factory and takes in ironing. At school, Jane is the girl in patched jeans and odd socks, the one who gets blamed when things go wrong and never quite catches a break.

While Jane navigates stolen oranges, trampoline practice, and the daily weight of being overlooked, something extraordinary unfolds in a parallel world. Four silver-cloaked Patrollers on flying disks are scouring history for warriors. A princess commands the defence of her planet against a force that wants to cross the boundary between worlds. Fifty warriors must hold the gate at the bridging, and the Patrollers are still ten short.

As the school year builds toward the end-of-term display, four children in identical silver jumpsuits perform in front of every parent and teacher who ever looked past them, and the two worlds are drawing toward the same moment.

What happens at that moment is something neither world saw coming.

A dual narrative about courage and belonging, for readers who have ever felt like outsiders and wondered if there was more to life than everyone else can see.