Category: Adults, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Language: EnglishKeywords: Speculative Fiction Time Travel
Written by Kaliane Bradley
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In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project sheâll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering âexpatsâ from across history to establish whether time travel is feasibleâfor the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a âbridgeâ: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as â1847â or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklinâs doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so heâs a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as âwashing machines,â âSpotify,â and âthe collapse of the British Empire.â But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministryâs project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with howâand whether she believesâwhat she does next can change the future.
An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradleyâs answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.
10 hours and 22 minutes
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project sheâll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering âexpatsâ from across history to establish whether time travel is feasibleâfor the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a âbridgeâ: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as â1847â or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklinâs doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so heâs a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as âwashing machines,â âSpotify,â and âthe collapse of the British Empire.â But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministryâs project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with howâand whether she believesâwhat she does next can change the future.
An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradleyâs answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.
10 hours and 22 minutes