This is How You Lose the Time War
The epic time-travelling love story and Twitter sensation
By Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Harry Hartog's review
There are simply no words for how sensational this is; I read it once, exhaled deeply, and immediately reread it. Two female agents on rivalling sides of an intergalactic time war fall in love over a series of letters - however it's so much more than just that. Creative and lyrical prose makes this a modern classic, while the overarching dystopian setting is so abstract and intriguing you'll think "who the hell told the authors it was allowed to end?!". I love every part of this book. - Molly, Bookseller
Description
'A fireworks display from two very talented storytellers' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of CIRCE
Co-written by two award-winning writers, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is an epic love story spanning time and space.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant 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, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war. That's how war works. Right?
'An intimate and lyrical tour of time, myth and history' John Scalzi, bestselling author of OLD MAN'S WAR
'Lyrical and vivid and bittersweet' Ann Leckie, Hugo Award-winning author of ANCILLARY JUSTICE
'Rich and strange, a romantic tour through all of time and the multiverse' Martha Wells, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of THE MURDERBOT DIARIES
- ISBN:
- 9781529405231
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 208
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Quercus Publishing
- Imprint:
- Arcadia Books
- Weight:
- 160 g