Sixteen-year-old Timothy has one goal: protect his younger sister, Rose, from their selfish mother and her power-hungry boyfriend, Mr. Harris. But when their escape to a new life goes horribly wrong, Timothy and Rose are separated—and Timothy tumbles through a portal into a future he was never meant to see.

Three centuries later, Sydney has become SENTEX, an eco-dystopian metropolis where dwindling natural resources are tightly controlled and Mr. Harris’s tyrannical sixth-generation clone rules with an iron fist. Worse, they’ve been waiting for Timothy.

With the help of two teenage resistance fighters and Arpee, a mysterious marsupial with fading magic, Timothy discovers that he is a Time Key, able to manipulate time itself. But mastering that power may be his only chance to survive the future, return to his own time, and stop Harris before this devastated world ever comes to pass.

Most importantly, he has to get back to Rose.

Loosely inspired by L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, THE LOST TIME KEY is a completed 98,000-word young adult portal fantasy with eco-dystopian elements. I am currently seeking literary representation.