This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)

Name: This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)
Availability: InStock
Author: Amal El-Mohtar;Max Gladstone
ISBN: 9781668204160

Amal El-Mohtar;Max Gladstone (2025-11-18)

Subgenre

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingPG-13

Pages208 (Quick Read (<250))

Setting

CSM age16

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Content levels

ViolenceMild

Sexual contentMild

LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

WarViolenceDeath

Positive tags

Found Familyhappy endinghealing arcslow burnSwoony

Tropes

Enemies to LoversEpistolary RomanceForbidden LoveOpposites AttractSlow BurnSpy RomanceStar-Crossed LoversTime Travel Romance

Themes

Agency and AutonomyCommunication and ConnectionIdentity and Transformationlove vs dutyThe Power of WordsTime TravelWar and Loyalty

Synopsis

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? 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.