These questions explain the core ideas behind Time's New Dawn, the first novel in the Dark Time series.
What is Time's New Dawn?
Time's New Dawn is a high-concept science fiction novel and the first book in the Dark Time series. It follows Rebecca Dawn, a physicist who uncovers that Earth has been caught in a repeating time loop triggered by a dark matter meteorite impact in the Congo Basin.
What genre is Time's New Dawn?
Time's New Dawn is a slow-burn science fiction mystery with elements of hard science fiction, thriller, and philosophical drama. It combines temporal mechanics, dark matter physics, layered reveals, and the moral consequences of trying to control time.
Who is the main character?
Rebecca Dawn is a physicist living in New Hope, a futuristic city built over the meteor crater. She is the first person in her timeline to understand that the city's dark matter technology is connected to a repeating temporal catastrophe.
What is New Hope?
New Hope is a futuristic city built over the EX-199E meteor crater in the Congo Basin. It is powered by dark matter reactors and rejuvenation technology, making it both humanity's greatest scientific achievement and its greatest blind spot.
What is the Veil?
The Veil is a dark matter dust shroud that settled into low orbit after the meteor strike. It blocks the stars from view and hides the fact that Earth's timeline is no longer synchronized with the rest of the universe.
What is EX-199E?
EX-199E is the dark matter meteorite that crashes into the Congo Basin and changes the course of human history. Its impact fractures time, leads to the rise of New Hope, and makes dark matter technology possible.
What is Temporal Fluid Dynamics?
Temporal Fluid Dynamics, or TFD, is the in-world theoretical framework that explains how time works in the Dark Time universe. Instead of branching timelines or paradoxes, time is treated as a physical medium. Reversing time reconstructs the world to an earlier configuration rather than creating or visiting a parallel timeline.
Does Time's New Dawn use branching timelines?
No. The Dark Time universe is built around a paradox-free approach to time travel. When time is reversed, the old future is overwritten. The story focuses on the consequences of rewriting reality rather than splitting into alternate universes.
What makes the time travel in this book different from other sci-fi?
Most science fiction treats time travel as navigation — moving along a fixed timeline or branching into parallel universes. Time's New Dawn does neither. The Dark Time universe is built on Temporal Fluid Dynamics (TFD), an in-world theory that treats time as a real physical medium — something with density, flow, and structure — rather than a coordinate or dimension you can simply move through. The key difference: there is only one timeline and one present moment. Reversing time doesn't send you to a parallel universe or create a duplicate — it physically reconstructs the universe to an earlier state. The future isn't visited; it's overwritten. This eliminates the classic grandfather paradox entirely, not by bending rules but by making it physically impossible for two versions of the same matter to exist simultaneously. The result is that the tension in Time's New Dawn doesn't come from logical contradictions — it comes from resource depletion and moral consequence. Every reversal costs something real. The stakes are high precisely because there are no loopholes.
Is this part of a series?
Yes. Time's New Dawn is the first novel in the Dark Time series. The story is designed to stand on its own while leaving room for future books set in the same universe.
Where can I get the book?
Time's New Dawn is available for Kindle pre-order on Amazon. An audio version of Chapter 1 and additional story material are also available on this site.
Will there be a paperback or hardcover edition?
Yes.Time's New Dawn will be available in paperback and hardcover editions through Amazon in addition to the Kindle eBook. Physical editions will be listed on Amazon at launch. The Kindle edition is currently available for pre-order.
Who is the author?
Time's New Dawn was written by D. Gordon, an entrepreneur, software developer, and science fiction author.