The Tempus Imperium
The end justifies the means

The many over the few

Time travel has rules as seventeen-year-old Charlie Lamp is about to learn.

But what happens when you break one?

When Charlie’s grandmother is murdered, she is plunged into the world of the Temporal Sinistrum. A secretive organisation of time travellers tasked with maintaining the historical timeline. Her grandmother was once one of their star agents, and Charlie must step into her footsteps and solve the mystery of her death, in an adventure that takes her from Australia in 1966 to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Los Angeles in 2120.

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The Tempus Imperium
The end justifies the means

The many over the few

Time travel has rules as seventeen-year-old Charlie Lamp is about to learn.

But what happens when you break one?

When Charlie’s grandmother is murdered, she is plunged into the world of the Temporal Sinistrum. A secretive organisation of time travellers tasked with maintaining the historical timeline. Her grandmother was once one of their star agents, and Charlie must step into her footsteps and solve the mystery of her death, in an adventure that takes her from Australia in 1966 to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Los Angeles in 2120.

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The end justifies the means

The many over the few

Time travel has rules as seventeen-year-old Charlie Lamp is about to learn.

But what happens when you break one?

When Charlie’s grandmother is murdered, she is plunged into the world of the Temporal Sinistrum. A secretive organisation of time travellers tasked with maintaining the historical timeline. Her grandmother was once one of their star agents, and Charlie must step into her footsteps and solve the mystery of her death, in an adventure that takes her from Australia in 1966 to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Los Angeles in 2120.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798228742147
Publisher: Thrive Audio
Publication date: 12/02/2025
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Juliet A. Paine lives in Adelaide with her husband and two children. She has lived in San Diego, Vancouver, and Hobart, where she learnt that she prefers the cold to a summer heatwave. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and has published two poetry collections. The Tempus Imperium is her first novel.


Lyndal Curran Doolan is an Australian radio host and audiobook narrator.

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