How to Stop Time

Matt Haig “How to Stop Time” is an adventure thriller about love that lasts through centuries.

Tom Hazard is an ordinary-looking forty-year-old man. But he has a secret—he was born in 1581. Tom is not immortal; he just has a special feature: he ages about 15 times slower than other people. Tom belongs to a secret society of people like him. To avoid attracting unnecessary attention and to keep the secret, the members of this society every 8 years radically change their lives.

When Tom’s turn to change his life comes again, he chooses the role of a history teacher in one of the British schools. Who else but him can tell about the events he witnessed firsthand? But Tom also has his own—purely personal—reasons to move to London.

The film company “Sunny March” bought the rights to the novel half a year before its official release, and the lead role in this adaptation will be played by the universal favorite Benedict Cumberbatch.