Chronophobia

De: T.R. Courtney

Narrado por: Adara Bryan

Chronophobia

A resort that sells time. A journalist chasing ghosts. A secret that should have stayed buried.

In 2954, the Blue Ring Nebula Resort on Ascension Island promises the impossible: One week of life experienced in just five minutes of real time. To the world, it’s a miracle of science. To investigative reporter Jessie Angier, it’s the last place her mother was seen alive.

Disguised as a honeymooner, Jessie joins four other guests in a luxury retreat built inside a ring where time runs faster. But paradise falters. The clocks twitch. Waves of distortion sweep through the island, leaving the living aged and the dead unrecognizable. As Jessie unravels the resort’s polished façade, she helps discover evidence of an experiment older, and far more dangerous, than anyone was meant to remember.

As the anomalies intensify, time itself begins to unravel, moments stretch, overlap, and shatter. The boundary between science and madness begins to blur. Trapped in a place where even time turns against them, Jessie must confront the one truth no one dares to face: Every second borrowed demands to be repaid.

Chronophobia is a psychological sci-fi thriller of obsession, guilt, and entropy, a haunting descent into what happens when luxury becomes a laboratory and time itself becomes the predator.

©2025 TR Courtney (P)2026 TR Courtney

You can measure and observe time, but should you control it?

In Jurassic Park, a corporation regrows dinosaurs because they can, but they forgot to ponder if they should. In Chronophobia, a corporation discovers a method to escape the pull of time, and they've put numerous safeguards and policies into place. But will it be enough? And what goes wrong when time is put on a leash? A short but frantic tale of putting the cart before the horse and failing to consider all outcomes awaits in this tense sci-fi drama. Narration by Adara Bryan hits all the key components and creates an authentically suspenseful setting with believable characters and dialogue. [Disclosure: I received this title for free and listened at 1.8x.]

"Clocks keep the lies neat"

Chronophobia, a well written and addictive listen. Once I started it, I couldn't stop! (I finished it in one sitting)
The sense of mystery and the psychological horror elements with the twisted timeline kept me constantly intrigued and I didn't want it to end.
"Some clocks lie better"

I enjoyed the writing style and how it constantly kept me on the edge of my seat!

An incredible narration. Adara Bryan perfectly captured the emotion of each sentence, perfectly complementing the writing style of the T.R. Courtney.