{"product_id":"this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war","title":"This is How You Lose the Time War","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003e'A fireworks display from two very talented storytellers' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCIRCE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-written by two award-winning writers,\u003ci\u003e THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic love story spanning time and space.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: \u003ci\u003eBurn before reading.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus 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. 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Right?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intimate and lyrical \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etour of time, myth and history' \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Scalzi, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOLD MAN'S WAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrical and vivid and bittersweet' \u003c\/b\u003eAnn Leckie, Hugo Award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e ANCILLARY JUSTICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich and strange, a romantic tour through all of time and the multiverse' \u003c\/b\u003eMartha Wells, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of THE MURDERBOT DIARIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book has it all\u003c\/b\u003e: treachery and love, lyricism and gritty action, existential crisis and space-opera scope, not to mention time travelling superagents. Gladstone's and El-Mohtar's debut collaboration is \u003cb\u003ea fireworks display from two very talented storytellers\u003c\/b\u003e - Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe and Song of Achilles\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eintimate and lyrical \u003c\/b\u003etour of time, myth and history, with a \u003cb\u003ecaptivating \u003c\/b\u003econversation between characters - and authors. \u003cb\u003eRead it\u003c\/b\u003e - John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of The Collapsing Empire\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyrical and vivid and bittersweet\u003c\/b\u003e. An \u003cb\u003eabsolutely lovely\u003c\/b\u003e read from two talented writers - Ann Leckie, Hugo Award-winning author of Ancillary Justice\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003erich and strange\u003c\/b\u003e, a romantic tour through all of time and the multiverse, and \u003cb\u003eyou shouldn't miss a moment\u003c\/b\u003e - Martha Wells, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Murderbot Diaries\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisitely crafted\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Part epistolary romance, part\u003cb\u003e mind-blowing \u003c\/b\u003escience fiction adventure, this \u003cb\u003edazzling \u003c\/b\u003estory unfolds bit by bit . . . \u003cb\u003eFull of fanciful ideas and poignant moments\u003c\/b\u003e, weaving a tapestry stretching across the millennia and through multiple realities that's anchored with \u003cb\u003eraw emotion and a genuine sense of wonder\u003c\/b\u003e. This short novel \u003cb\u003ewarrants multiple readings\u003c\/b\u003e to fully unlock its complexities - Publishers Weekly Starred Review\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectacular \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Poetry, disguised as genre fiction. I read several sections out loud - this is \u003cb\u003eprose that wants to be more than read\u003c\/b\u003e. It wants to be heard and tasted - Kelly Sue DeConnick, creator of Captain Marvel\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Iain M. Banks and Gerard Manley Hopkins had ever been able to collaborate on a science fiction project, well, it wouldn't be half as much fun as this novella by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. There is \u003cb\u003eall the pleasure of a long series, and all the details of an much larger world, presented in miniature\u003c\/b\u003e here - Kelly Link, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Get in Trouble\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA time travel adventure that has as much humanity, grace, and love as it has temporal shenanigans, rewriting history, and temporal agents fighting to the death. \u003cb\u003eTwo days from now, you've already devoured it\u003c\/b\u003e - Ryan North, New York Times Bestselling and Eisner Award winning author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmal El-Mohtar (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amal El-Mohtar is an 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Month\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey, and contributes criticism to NPR Books and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has most recently appeared on Tor.com and \u003ci\u003eUncanny Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Falls in Love \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Gladstone (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Max Gladstone is the author of the Hugo-nominated Craft Sequence, which Patrick Rothfuss called 'stupefyingly good'. The sixth book, \u003ci\u003eRuin of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the US last year. 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