After his carefree youth is shattered by an act of violence, Niles flees his comfortable life in Fletchers' Row and travels with his brother into the unknown. Along the way he discovers the world to be much stranger than he ever dreamed.As he scrambles to find a new life in a new country, Niles encounters memorable characters who transform him by sharing their stories which then become intertwined with his own: Nomya the witch who becomes his lover, Krym the last wood elf, watched over by Prikk, her consort, Kemp, poet and town drunk, and Hob, the wolf who aspires to be human.Tripping Over Time is a compelling, well-imagined tale that captures what it's like to be human in a world that is at once beautiful, dangerous, mundane, and magical.