Thursday's Child

THURSDAY'S CHILD

Aurelia Caelum never wanted children.

She is certain of that.

Then, at exactly 8:17:03 on an ordinary Tuesday morning in 2226, Aurelia reaches for her coffee-and her kitchen disappears.

There is no warning. No machine. No flash of light.

One moment she is standing in her Florida apartment.

The next, she is somewhere else.

Her coffee is still warm.

Her clothes haven't changed.

But the world has.

Inside an unfamiliar home overlooking Lake Geneva, Aurelia discovers photographs covering a wall. They show birthdays she doesn't remember. Vacations she never took. A marriage that hasn't happened.

And herself.

Eighteen years older.

Then a young woman walks into the room.

She looks at Aurelia.

Drops the glass in her hand.

And whispers:

"Mom?"

Her name is Zion Novalis.

She claims Aurelia is her mother.

She claims the year is 2244.

And somehow, she knew Aurelia was coming.

Aurelia has spent her life believing the future is something we create one decision at a time. Now she is standing inside her own future, surrounded by the consequences of choices she hasn't made.

Including a daughter she never intended to have.

But the more Aurelia learns about the life waiting for her, the less it makes sense.

Something happened to her family.

Something happened to her.

And Zion knows more than she is willing to say.

With time running out, Aurelia must decide which questions she wants answered-and whether knowing her future will make it impossible to choose it for herself.

Because sometimes the most dangerous thing about tomorrow...

is knowing it's coming.

Thursday's Child is a gripping, human-centered science-fiction mystery about family, free will, and what happens when the future becomes personal.

Eighteen years from now, her daughter is waiting.