Prologue

My name is Jamie Hattchet. I'm fourteen years old and a trained actor/pickpocket.

My life was pretty normal until I found the pocket watch. After that everything sort of spiralled out of control and my dad and I were flung through the pages of history (and the future), meeting all sorts of people; friends, foes, celebrities and things. All we wanted to do was to get back to our normal lives, to perhaps start afresh. I could do school and Dad could get a proper job, stop killing people for once.

No such luck. Time is a harsh mistress.

My name is Jamie Hatchett and this is my story.