Elias Thorne, a solitary historian, discovers a time-traveling obelisk on his family's land. Upon touching it, he's catapulted through history, experiencing medieval England, World War I, the 1920s, and a dystopian future. His presence in each era unintentionally alters historical events-a saved life here, a prevented invention there. Driven to return home and correct his mistakes, Elias meticulously records his journeys, adopting various guises and skills to survive while minimizing his impact. However, his unintended alterations accumulate, creating a diverging timeline and distorted echoes of his own future. He uncovers a family secret: the obelisk is a temporal anchor, and his family has a long history with it, leaving behind cryptic clues across time. Elias races against time to gather these clues, scattered across centuries, to understand the obelisk's nature and find a way back to his original time before history unravels completely. He must decipher his ancestors' messages, understanding the obelisk's mechanism and preventing his initial touch. His final jump lands him at a pivotal historical moment, presenting a last chance to restore the timeline or be forever lost in a fractured past
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