The Time-Keeper - Softcover

For trying to measure time, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more years for themselves. At last, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. He returns to our world, now dominated by the obsession with time he so innocently began, and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy, ageing businessman who wants to live for ever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.