Far beneath the ground, a web quietly spins
The Web of Time
COMING MAY 2025
From dazzling young writer Flavia Brunetti comes an inventive fantasy that sweeps across time and genres. The Web of Time finds two young heroines caught up in a quest to restore a rapidly crumbling world. Helped and hindered by a rotating cast of deities, the two embark on a journey to heal three ancient cities in different times, and teach us all about the importance of culture and connection.
*This is a pre-sale, books will ship May 20, 2025.
the threads are keeping time, marking history. until now.
Protected by the gods and powering the three Great Portals of Kindness, Art, and Language, The Web of Time re-arranges itself as humans change their minds, fall in love, or cause empires to rise and fall. When the Great Portals close from the world, time begins erasing itself, histories start to disappear, Earth falls into chaos, and the gods don’t know how to stop it—until Jack meets Anna.
about Anna
Fifteen-year-old Anna is a passionate but lonely writer who is protected by her companion, Nafusa, the cat god. Quiet and thoughtful, Anna is deeply observant with a gift for healing through words. Though she is comfortable with the wondrous and abnormal, Anna must find her way through a storm of grief and help heal time as it unravels by writing history back into existence.
about Jack
Jack doesn’t talk much. Instead, Jack speaks through colored pencils and paintbrushes. Curious but guarded, Jack stumbles into Anna—and his fate—when he accidentally falls through the Great Portal of Art in Tunis. When they realize that Anna’s gift for healing words and Jack’s natural talent for drawing places as they were can reinstate the Great Portals and restore the world’s balance, Jack must face his past—and the darker gods of chaos—to stop time from tearing apart.
At its heart, The Web of Time is a story about the power of voice—human and divine—to shape worlds, bridge divides, and inspire change. This belief is at the core of NaTakallam, an award-winning social enterprise that provides refugees and displaced individuals with opportunities to use their linguistic and cultural skills to earn a livelihood through language tutoring, translation, and cultural exchange programs.
To date, NaTakallam has enabled displaced, conflict-affected and individuals from the Global Majority to self-generate more than US $3,800,000 in income. NaTakallam’s 500+ translators and tutors have worked with 16,000+ individual users in 100+ countries, as well as 300+ companies, organizations, and universities.
In partnership with NaTakallam, The Web of Time champions the idea that language is more than just communication—it is identity, resilience, and connection.
Pre-Order The Web of Time & Unlock a 15% Language Discount!
Purchase The Web of Time today and enjoy 15% off all NaTakallam language sessions. Learn from native speakers and explore the rich cultures featured in the novel.
How It Works:
Pre-order your copy of The Web of Time.
Receive a 15% off code for NaTakallam sessions + an exclusive digital gift from the book!
in proud partnership with NaTakallam
About the author
Born just outside of Rome, Flavia grew up bouncing back and forth between Italy and California. She has lived between Tunisia, Libya, and Palestine, so her writing often revolves around place and identity, and is usually written on a plane where she inevitably apologizes to the person sitting next to her for bumping their elbow. This is actually how The Web of Time got its start—on a flight between Tunis and Rome, spent thinking about the places we run to and wondering what the gods might make of days like the ones we are living through.