THROUGH THE VEINS OF TIME

When eighteen-year-old Kemet escapes slavery in 1829 Louisiana, he flees into the dark jungle, chasing the promise of freedom. But what he finds instead is a shimmering portal that hurls him into the year 2025. Disoriented and terrified by a world filled with towering buildings, flashing lights, and white strangers, Kemet is struck by a car in the middle of a bustling city.

Catherine, the woman who hits him, makes a desperate choice: instead of taking him to the hospital, she drives him far away to her quiet suburban town of Ravenbrook—ironically the very same place Kemet once knew as a land of chains. Hidden in her home, he begins to heal, only to meet Lily, Catherine's fiercely curious daughter, who slowly uncovers his impossible truth.

As Kemet grapples with a future he doesn’t understand and a past he can’t escape, a bond grows between him and Lily—one that defies time, race, and reality itself. But secrets can’t stay buried forever, and the more they learn about each other, the more dangerous their connection becomes.

Through the Vines of Time is a story of survival, love, and what it means to be free across the centuries.