
Book
The Forest on the Edge of Time
Jasmin Kirkbride
Tor/Forge · Hardcover · February 3, 2026
Reading lane: Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Thinking in Motion
For when you want layered sci-fi that thinks as it moves.
Come here for
- time-bending SF with a crime pulse
- politics and philosophy threaded through the machinery
Expect
- a contemplative, slightly edgy register
- cultural references that reward close reading
Book Details
- Authors
- Jasmin Kirkbride
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- February 3, 2026
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi · Time Travel Fiction
- Reading lane
- Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
Affinity
Publisher Categories
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Time Travel Fiction
Nature Fiction
About This Book
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction. Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny rob...
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