About this audiobook
Graham falls into an extraordinary sleep and wakes to discover a future London transformed beyond recognition. During his absence, the wealth attached to his name has acquired enormous power. People now have competing reasons to claim his authority, leaving him unsure how his apparent importance relates to his actual freedom.
H. G. Wells combines the wonder of a changed city with an examination of ownership and political control. Public spectacle can conceal the conditions under which others work, while explanations offered to the newcomer reflect the interests of those giving them. Graham must learn to distinguish a position granted to him from an understanding he has earned.
The novel explores inequality, responsibility and the difficulty of acting within a system whose workings remain unfamiliar. Its imagined future invites readers to consider how concentrated resources can shape everyday life, and whether discovering that one possesses authority is enough to know whom that authority should serve.
