The Vault of Ashes. Max Sterling Adventures, #4

Time is broken. The future has an owner. After surviving the chaos of Cutthroat Island, Max, Chloe, and Nick crash into a world scorched by ash and silence. Earth is dying. History is fractured. And buried beneath the ruins lies a corrupted time relay-once meant to repair broken timelines, now bleeding reality into chaos. But this future is only one version. Beyond the wasteland rises another: a gleaming, hyper-controlled world ruled by Chronos Systems, where truth is engineered, history is curated, and Eli Whitbridge sits at the helm.
Once a rogue time thief, Eli has remade himself as the architect of forever. And he isn't finished yet. Hunted by robotic sentinels and chased through collapsing eras, Max, Chloe, and Nick face their most impossible choice: try to mend what was broken. or shatter the corrupted system before it hardens into eternity. Because this was never about saving time. It was about who owns it. The clock has run out-read the explosive Max Sterling Adventure today.