📖 peek insideThis Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Among the ashes of a dying world, two rival agents-Red and Blue-begin an illicit correspondence across time and space. What starts as a taunting game of battlefield one-upmanship evolves into a dangerous, lyrical romance that could change the past and the future. As they travel through shifting timelines to secure their respective empires' victories, they discover a connection that transcends their warring factions. This poetic novella is a stunning exploration of love, sacrifice, and the beauty found within the chaos of conflict.
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Notable Quotes
"I love you. I love you. I love you. I'll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart. You'll never see, but you will know. I'll be all the poets, I'll kill them all and take each one's place in turn, and every time love's written in all the strands it will be to you."
"I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you."
"Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another."
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