Charlie's disregard for Horopolis (a world governed by time-travel magic) and its traditions set the stage for several dangeous, high-stake aventures that change many lives—both mortal and Horolite, forever.
Cracking the Time Vault is the first book in a series about Charlie's discoveries and perils within and around Horopolis.
Cracking the Time Vault
Young Adult Mystery & Adventure
By D.L. Koontz
Charlie Cooper & The Horolites
Charlie Cooper has never driven a vehicle fueled by mist. He’s never disappeared from one second to the next, befriended otherworldly creatures, fed dinosaurs, or taken rides through history by way of a magical vault.
All Charlie knows is a sad and dull little life with his widower dad, his overly nosey aunties, and a school life where he can’t seem to excel in anything. He and Dad barely talk, and they never discuss Mom whom he desperately misses.
But all that is about to change when he awakens one night to find a strange creature trying to steal Charlie’s most valued possession, an object that will take him to an unimaginable place, one beyond his wildest dreams.
There Charlie finds not only friends and mystery around every corner, but a shocking destiny that’s been waiting for him … if only he can survive Horopolis.