This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

We are stepping out of standard romance and into a breathtaking, award-winning blend of sci-fi, time travel, and lyrical epistolary romance (a story told through letters).

Published in 2019, This Is How You Lose the Time War is a stunning novella co-written by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It swept the major sci-fi awards—winning the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards—and went viral years later on social media because of its intensely poetic, devastatingly romantic prose.

The story is set against the backdrop of a vast, cosmic war fought across space, time, and alternate timelines. Two powerful, opposing factions are fighting to shape the future of the universe:

• The Agency (Garden): A vast, organic, hive-mind eco-utopia that utilizes nature, biology, and genetic manipulation to anchor its timeline.

• The Paradigm (Optimal): A sleek, hyper-technological, post-human cyber-dystopia made of chrome, algorithms, and digital consciousness.

Red is the top operative for the high-tech Paradigm. Blue is the top operative for the organic Garden. They travel backward and forward through history—altering battles, changing the outcomes of empires, and assassinating key figures to tilt the future in their respective faction's favor.

The story begins when Blue leaves a hidden note for Red on a battlefield with a simple message: “Burn before reading.”

Language: English.

Genre: Romance.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).