In the land of letters and numbers, something has gone horribly wrong. An army of regimented numbers have been taken over by Tyranny Rebellion and Anarchy, and the kidnapping of the work, means that a dreadful fear governs the land.In the outer world, meanwhile, a young girl, Rebecca, wonders what would happen if time went a little more slowly and finds herself on a quest to free The Word and save the land of letters and numbers from a dreadful fate. Accompanied by her new friends Flamboyant and Ripple, and guided by Wisdom and Dreams, can Rebecca outsmart the feared rebel leaders, the limitless army and the alien landscape to find and save The Word and get back home before tea, and before she's Out of Time?This first novel by Ralph Mace is a joyous and tense adventure which explores the true value of friendship against a backdrop of adversity.