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An exquisitely crafted talePart epistolary romance part mindblowing 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 wordplayThis short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities Publishers Weekly starred review

From awardwinning authors Amal ElMohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling romantic novel spanning time and space about two timetraveling 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 Theres still a war going on after all And someone has to win Thats how war works right

Cowritten by two beloved and awardwinning scifi writers This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space