It’s the year 2040. Brilliant inventor Dr. Tara Switcher, an elder millennial—like all millennials now—lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with her lovable feline cyborg Blink (named after Blink-182). She tried to save the environment, but humanity banned her controversial technology. Now she’s waiting for the end, wracked with guilt over her own youthful part in the climate collapse.

It’s the year 2000. Tara is a teenage activist who can’t persuade anybody to vote for Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. (Meanwhile, her divorcing parents and bullying brother make life a daily hell.) But a new student at Tara’s school has her rethink her ineffective approach.

In 2040, Dr. Switcher discovers a way back to her zealous younger self. She might be able to alter the darkest timeline by disrupting the 2000 election, Earth’s tipping point of no return. And if she can’t get eco-friendly Vice President Al Gore elected to the White House, then maybe Blink can.

A wildly original science-fiction novel that will appeal to Kurt Vonnegut fans, Y2K throwback fashionistas, and cat lovers everywhere, The Time Meowchine reminds us the future is unwritten … and un-kitten.