Would you change the past to save the future – if it meant losing those you love most? An enthralling, epic, unforgettable time-slip story from the Sunday Times bestselling author, that takes us from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish lighthouse and the heat of a naval battle that holds the difference between one future and another.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN LONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVEL For fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping historical adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 'Original, joyous and horrifying, The Kingdoms is an awe-inspiring feat of imagination and passion which had me in tears by the end' - Catriona Ward Come home, if you remember The postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse – Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides. Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter. But he also has flashes of a life he cannot remember and of a world that never existed – a world where English is spoken in England, and not French. And now he has a postcard of a lighthouse built just six months ago, that was first written nearly one hundred years ago, by a stranger who seems to know him very well. Joe’s journey to unravel the truth will take him from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish island, and back through time itself as he battles for his life – and for a very different future.

"A twisty time-travelling tale ... Pulley’s deft characterisation sucks the reader into what is a very human story of searching for a sense of belonging" - Independent

"Lavish world-building and breakneck plotting … Clear a weekend and let yourself be absorbed" - New York Times Book Review

"All time-travel plots are fraught with paradox, but not all rise to Pulley’s level of tricky cleverness, and few of those trickily clever books rise to her level of emotional intensity. Suspenseful, philosophical, and inventive, this sparkling novel explores the power of memory and love." - Kirkus Reviews

"Inventive, immersive and entirely unputdownable" - Daily Mail

"Wildly inventive, full of eeriness and magic, and fiendishly intricate plots" - The Times

"Pulley excels at portraying the emotionally charged interplay of her charming cast" - Guardian