Chronicles of the Arvynth
Metaphysical Fiction
Date Published: November 25, 2025
Publisher: MindStir Media
USA Today bestselling author J. J. Hebert's brand-new urban fantasy
series Chronicles of the Arvynth begins with The Breaking of Time, a novel
about a devoted father whose desperate act to save his son fractures reality
itself, awakening ancient magic and drawing him back into the path of an
immortal order he once betrayed, where love, time, and silence collide in a
race against eternity.
🏆 Mariel Hemingway's Book Club Selection (Best Urban Fantasy):
"This novel is heartfelt, gripping, and memorable in all the best ways."
—Mariel Hemingway, Bestselling Author & Oscar-Nominated Actress
★★★★★
ONE FATHER'S DESPERATE CHOICE FRACTURES TIME AND REALITY ITSELF.
To everyone around him, Daniel Ward is a mild-mannered accountant, devoted
husband and father in a quiet New England suburb. But when his ten-year-old
son chases a runaway soccer ball into the street, straight into the path of a
speeding truck, Daniel does the impossible. He freezes time.
That single act of defiance exposes the secret he's buried for decades. His
magic awakens the ancient order he once betrayed, the Arvynth, a brotherhood
of immortal sorcerers devoted to stillness and death, determined to silence
the world.
As his carefully constructed life unravels, Daniel must protect his family
while evading the brotherhood that hunts him. Every second he steals from time
feeds the void that seeks to consume it, threatening not only the people he
loves but reality itself.
Forced to choose between sacrifice and survival, Daniel discovers the truth:
sometimes the loudest act of love is defiance.
The Breaking of Time is a race against eternity, a supernatural thriller that
fuses urban fantasy and family drama in a story about the noise of life, the
cost of power, and one father's desperate fight to keep the world from falling
silent.