A Struggle Across Time

About this book

Between the hands of a merciless clock, and the shadows of kingdoms built of ash and intelligence, the book "A Struggle Across Time" comes knocking on the doors of awareness gently at times, and with the harshness of the test at others. In this work, events do not move in a straight line, but tangle in "fantasy" worlds to narrate the tale of man facing his most precious possession: time. The writer Esraa Atef takes us on a journey transcending the limits of imagination; we begin it from "the Kingdom of the World of Clocks" where time turns from mere numbers into a matter of life or death, witnessing how princes are exiled into closed mazes and temporal forests respecting only those who value the moment. And from the din of clocks, we move to the rustle of "the mythical bird's" wings and the struggle of thrones full of greed and sacrifices costing one one's senses and dearest possessions for the mirage of power. Then comes "the Chess Kingdom" to reshape the concept of intelligence and war, where the mind is the only weapon for survival from darkness. A Struggle Across Time is no mere short-story collection, but a mirror.