Ashes Through the Hourglass

You can't outrun the past. Tormented by his sister's death, Mason Winward spirals towards vengeance until a stranger pulls him from the brink. Slowly, Mason rebuilds his life. Then without warning, the stranger vanishes. Years later, Mason discovers the impossible: a doorway into the past. With the help of his long-term friend, Alex, he begins travelling back in time to rescue children from the edge of irreversible despair, becoming a pioneer of a dangerous new kind of salvation.
But when one of those rescues ends in murder, everything unravels. Now Mason must confront fate, choice, and consequence. How much of history can be changed, and at what cost? And after decades of searching, one question remains:What became of the man who once saved him?Ashes Through the Hourglass is a psychological thriller blending dark humour with grief, memory, second chances, and the fragility of human existence.