Kathryn Daugherty

Time splinters and the world lurches in Kathryn Daugherty's *The Hollow World: A Clockwork Apocalypse*. Beneath the surface, a colossal clockwork heart beats erratically, governing a subterranean realm where continents drift, memories fracture, and timelines collide. Six souls, lost in this temporal labyrinth, find their destinies intertwined.

Anya, an exiled cartographer, chases the myth of the Still Point, a place where time flows true, desperately seeking a past she may never reclaim. Blind Oracle Elias Thorne perceives time as a swirling ocean, his cryptic pronouncements echoing across the fractured landscape, foreshadowing a catastrophic convergence. Elara, haunted by the memory of her son lost to a time slip, embarks on a desperate quest to reclaim what time has stolen. Within crumbling academies, Kael, a revolutionary student, challenges the clockwork core itself, igniting a rebellion that threatens to unravel the already fragile world. Rhys, a dying historian, races against his own mortality to piece together the fragments of a forgotten history, hoping to unlock the secrets of the present. And Lyra, a young girl burdened with the gift of remembering futures, whispers of cities that rise and fall in the blink of an eye, her chilling pronouncements painting a portrait of a world on the brink of collapse.

As the clockwork core’s rhythm falters, continents shift with increasing violence, pulling these six souls closer to a shared destiny. Anya's quest for the Still Point leads her to an ancient map, resonating with Elias's prophecies. Elara's search for her son brings her to Elias, where fragmented visions of a possible future ignite a flicker of hope. Kael's rebellion sparks a chain of timequakes, forcing him to confront the devastating consequences of his actions. Rhys uncovers the truth of the clockwork core – not a natural phenomenon, but a creation of a long-lost civilization obsessed with manipulating time. And Lyra's visions intensify, revealing a future where Anya, Elara, and Kael hold the key to the Hollow World's salvation.

Within the heart of the clockwork core, they face a choice: restore the flow of time, or embrace the fractured reality and its infinite possibilities. Their decision will determine not only their own fates, but the fate of a world teetering on the edge of a clockwork apocalypse.

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