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Timeless follows a field agent for an agency that manipulates history who is sent to save a boy, and winds up caught between loyalty, survival, and personal desire. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
The novel grew out of my passion for both history and fiction, as well as my fascination with the 1930s—an era that proved decisive for the continent’s future. And of course, there must always be a touch of romance. No matter how practical or calculating the world becomes, love will remain central to our way of thinking and one of our strongest motivations for as long as humanity exists.
Anne is hard-edged, sharp-tongued, cynical, yet deeply human. What do you think makes her a valuable and worthy heroine?
Anne thrives in a male-dominated world, and she does so without ever having to become one of the men. She remains true to her womanhood and embraces her emotions. She takes risks and raises the stakes, but never blindly or naively—rather with intention and confidence in her abilities. That balance is what makes her such a compelling heroine.
What themes were particularly important for you to explore in this book?
I wanted to emphasize that women are fully capable of purposeful, professional self-realization without being held back by so-called feminine weaknesses. They can unite, organize, and accomplish missions far more complex than putting together a Christmas fair. To highlight this progress felt important—to show that women are not bound solely to roles defined over millennia. The novel also touches on sacrifice and solidarity, and how stepping beyond the rules can sometimes achieve more than hiding beneath them.
Will this novel be the start of a series or are you working on a different story?
The idea of turning this into a series has certainly crossed my mind, but that depends on whether the story resonates strongly enough with readers.
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A secret organization sends its agents into history’s turning points to serve hidden interests.
On the brink of World War II and German occupation, Anne—a disillusioned operative—embarks on her final mission: to save a boy marked for death in a small country soon to be overrun. The assignment seems simple—until she discovers that more than one life may be worth saving.
A gripping story about time, choice, and the weight of decisions that shape our past, present, and future.
Timeless
Anne Hart’s Timeless is a sweeping time-travel spy novel that blends espionage, politics, and personal struggle with a sharp eye for historical detail. At its heart is Anne, a seasoned field agent who slips between eras to manipulate history in ways that serve shadowy powers. The story unfolds across Geneva, Eastern Europe, and shifting political landscapes on the brink of war. Hart threads in rich settings, complex moral dilemmas, and characters caught between loyalty, survival, and personal desire. It is both a taut spy thriller and a meditation on the costs of living outside the normal flow of time.
Hart’s prose is crisp, direct, and atmospheric. I admired the way she captures small gestures and passing moments, the flick of a lighter, the hush of a closing vault door, a careless smile at the wrong time. These details made the story vivid. At times, the dialogue felt a little formal, as if it was doing double duty to explain the world as well as move the story forward. Still, the pacing carried me along. I wanted to know not just what would happen to Anne and Markus, but how Hart would weave together the politics of nations with the intimacy of two people’s lives.
What struck me most was the emotional undercurrent. Anne is a fascinating lead: hard-edged, sharp-tongued, cynical, yet deeply human in her weariness and longing for peace. Her smoking habit, her resistance to being told what to do, her flashes of humor, all of it made her feel alive. There were moments when I felt a kind of ache for her, as if she carried the weight of too many lives, too many timelines, too many compromises. The novel’s treatment of history, like how fragile and malleable it can be, left me unsettled, in the best way. It made me think about power, morality, and the human cost of decisions made in shadows.
Timeless is a book I would recommend to readers who enjoy spy fiction, political thrillers, or alternate history with a touch of melancholy. It will speak most to those who like their stories gritty yet reflective, where action and atmosphere go hand in hand.
Pages: 257 | ASIN : B0FQ1KJB66
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