Till the Clock Stops

Alan Craig signs a document that may one day be worth half a million—and leaves the directors’ room with £3,000 for the Arctic.

On a brilliant spring morning in London, the young geographer is finally bound for the expedition he has dreamed of for years. His uncle Christopher refused to fund the journey, so Robert Lancaster and Francis Bullard have come to his aid—but their “matter of form” involves a will, a fortune, and secrets Alan can only guess at. With eight days until departure, family loyalties, uncertain inheritance, and a tender attachment to Doris Lancaster all tug at him. Then a telegram arrives announcing valuable goods for sale, and Lancaster turns suddenly pale. What has just entered the story—and whose future will it change?

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