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Alex Marlow knows what is going to happen next. Not everything. That would be useful. Just enough to cause problems. Among his late father's possessions, sixteen-year-old Alex discovers an old camera with no film, no instructions and no business working at all. Yet every photograph it produces shows an event that has not happened yet. At first, it feels like a gift. Alex can prevent accidents, save strangers and perhaps enjoy the unfamiliar experience of being in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, heroes usually receive medals. Alex receives suspicious looks, increasingly awkward questions and the attention of a detective who has noticed that he keeps appearing moments before disaster strikes. As the images grow darker and the danger moves closer to home, every attempt to change the future carries consequences. Something has been awakened. Something that should have remained buried beneath the dust. Now the camera has shown Alex a photograph he cannot ignore. And this time, saving one person may mean losing another. A tense, fast-moving YA supernatural thriller about fate, friendship and the terrible cost of knowing what comes next.