Steve McCarthy – Author of Romantic Fiction

Tracks in Time

What if you could step back onto the track that changed everything — and make one small choice differently?

On a damp Saturday by a London canal, Daniel meets Alf — a blunt, oddly wise stranger on a bench who talks about time the way other people talk about bus routes. Alf claims Daniel has “tracks”: those days and moments he’s replayed for years, the almosts and near-misses that left knots in his life. And Alf is offering a switch. Not a grand rewrite. Not a perfect do-over. Just one chance per knot to return to a day that still haunts him, live it again, and choose the ordinary sentence he didn’t say the first time.

As Daniel follows the rules — no grand gestures, no revenge, no trying to fix anyone else — each trip forces him to face what he really wanted, what he was afraid of, and the kind of man he’s been practising to become. Because the point isn’t to win the past. It’s to stop circling it… and finally be ready for the life that’s been waiting on the next platform all along. Warm, funny, and quietly devastating in places, Tracks in Time is a story about second chances, small mercies, and the moment you stop watching your own life from a distance – and take a different track.

Reviews

“A quietly powerful novel about missed moments, deferred choices, and the courage it takes to truly choose your life.”

“Tracks in Time for anyone who has ever felt that their life was technically fine and still wanted more.”

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