{"product_id":"the-man-who-stole-tomorrow-hardcover","title":"The Man Who Stole Tomorrow - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan N. Webber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lost manuscript. A legendary author. A future he was never meant to witness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003eKeith White\u003c\/strong\u003e, Director of Rare Books at the New York Public Library, discovers an impossible 1890 edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, he realizes it contains something extraordinary: \u003cstrong\u003ea firsthand account written by H.G. Wells himself\u003c\/strong\u003e, chronicling a secret trip into the future five years before the \"official\" novel was ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the hidden text, Wells describes activating his experimental machine and arriving in \u003cstrong\u003e2025\u003c\/strong\u003e, only to find a world collapsing under its own weight. Chicago and London are nearly unrecognizable, filled with homelessness, crime, addiction, organ theft, technology beyond imagination, and societal decay. What begins as a bold scientific experiment becomes a harrowing struggle to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Wells encounters desperate families living under bridges, violent thieves, an unexpected friend who alters history, and a society so advanced yet morally unmoored that it shakes him to his core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStranded more than a century from home and injured in ways he never anticipated, Wells must uncover the final truth: \u003cstrong\u003eCan he return to his own time and if so, at what cost to history?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the present, Keith becomes obsessed with proving the manuscript's authenticity, especially after discovering a cryptic inscription addressed directly to H.G. Wells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlending time-travel adventure, historical fiction, social commentary, and literary mystery, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Stole Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines the legacy of a science-fiction pioneer through the story he never told.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping, emotionally resonant journey across time and what it truly means to change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082005659787,"sku":"9798295451232","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/s2S9pR5LG09798295451232.webp?v=1779896863","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-man-who-stole-tomorrow-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}