3.5
This Is How You Lose the Time War
By Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstonePublisher Description
* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA *
“[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?
Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
“[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?
Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
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“the love was written like lyrics, like poetry. adored every second of it. I would give this a 5 stars if I had a clue what was happening in the war more than 50% of the time.”Characters change and growBeautifully writtenAddictiveMagical settingHeartbreakingRomantic
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“didn’t expect to love this one so much, but this book was incredibly inventive, heartbreaking, and found a way to make me like the enemies-to-lovers trope. my advice would be to just keep reading and let it wash over you. this universe is very foreign yet equally as relatable the longer you stay in it.”Characters change and growLikable charactersBeautifully writtenOriginal writingAddictiveFast-pacedMagical settingDarkRomantic
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“One of the most beautiful pieces of work I have ever read, absolutely would recommend to anyone”Characters change and growLikable charactersMulti-layered charactersBeautifully writtenDescriptive writingAddictiveFast-pacedBeautiful settingImmersive settingThought-provoking
Rachel
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“This book was like a Hozier song: I have no idea what it’s about but I’m enjoying the poetry immensely.”Characters change and growMulti-layered charactersBeautifully written
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“If I’m being honest, I did not understand most of what was happening in the story. It was so complex that I had a hard time grasping the plot. But this story was so poetic and beautiful and just WOW!! I mean I’m definitely going try to reread this book to help me understand what happened but I say definitely give it a shot. Even if you end up not understanding it, you’ll still be blown away by how this story was written.”Multi-layered charactersBeautifully writtenAddictiveFast-pacedMagical settingThought-provoking
About Amal El-Mohtar
Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning author, editor, and critic. Her short story “Seasons of Glass and Iron” won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards and was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Aurora, and Eugie Foster awards. She is the author of The Honey Month, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey, and contributes criticism to NPR Books and The New York Times. Her fiction has most recently appeared on Tor and Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies such as The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories and The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. She is presently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches creative writing at the University of Ottawa. She can be found online at @Tithenai.
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Max Gladstone
Max Gladstone is the author of the Hugo-nominated Craft Sequence, which Patrick Rothfuss called “stupefyingly good.” The sixth book, Ruin of Angels, was released September 2017. Max’s interactive mobile game Choice of the Deathless was nominated for the XYZZY Award, and his critically acclaimed short fiction has appeared on Tor and in Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies such as XO Orpheus: Fifty New Myths and The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. John Crowley described Max as “a true star of 21st-century fantasy.” Max has sung in Carnegie Hall and was once thrown from a horse in Mongolia.
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