{"product_id":"this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war-deluxe-edition","title":"This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Seditious and seductive, lush and lustrous, allusive and elusive, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is one of those rare stories where one struggles to decide whether to heap more praise upon its clever structure and prose or its brilliant ideas and characters.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e --Ken Liu, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An intimate and lyrical tour of time, myth and history, with a captivating conversation between characters--and authors. Read it.\"--New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e is rich and strange, a romantic tour through all of time and the multiverse, and you shouldn't miss a moment.\"--Martha Wells, Hugo Award-winning author of The Murderbot Diaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A 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. Two days from now, you've already devoured it.\"--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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Poetry, disguised as genre fiction. I read several sections out loud -- this is prose that wants to be more than read. It wants to be heard and tasted.\"--Kelly Sue DeConnick, author of Captain Marvel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A twisting, sapphic time travel fantasy love story that never stops surprising: El-Mohtar and Gladstone have written the ultimate in enemies-to-lovers romance.\"-- \"Booklist, Starred Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTenderness, danger, daring, wit -- \n\u003ci\u003eTime War\u003c\/i\u003e has them all... In other words, these pages are strewn with myriad delights.--Nisi Shawl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmal El-Mohtar is an award-winning 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 the novel \n\u003ci\u003eThe River has Roots, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\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 \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has most recently appeared on \n\u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eUncanny Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in anthologies such as \n\u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Falls in Love \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is presently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches creative writing at the University of Ottawa. She can be found online at @Tithenai. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMax Gladstone is the author of the Hugo-nominated The Craft Sequence series, which Patrick Rothfuss called \"stupefyingly good.\" Max's interactive mobile game \n\u003ci\u003eChoice of the Deathless\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the XYZZY Award, and his critically acclaimed short fiction has appeared on \n\u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e and in \n\u003ci\u003eUncanny Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in anthologies such as \n\u003ci\u003eXO Orpheus: Fifty New Myths\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. John Crowley described Max as \"a true star of 21st-century fantasy.\" Max has sung in Carnegie Hall and was once thrown from a horse in Mongolia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This book has it all: treachery and love, lyricism and gritty action, existential crisis and space-opera scope, not to mention time traveling superagents. Gladstone's and El-Mohtar's debut collaboration is a fireworks display from two very talented storytellers.\"--Madeline Miller, award-winning author of Circe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t*\"Exquisitely crafted... Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing 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 wordplay. El-Mohtar and Gladstone pack their narrative full of fanciful ideas and poignant moments, weaving a tapestry stretching across the millennia and through multiple realities that's anchored with raw emotion and a genuine sense of wonder. This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities. -- \"Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe gorgeous, enthralling hardcover deluxe edition of the bestselling Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning sci-fi novella spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIncluding new cover art, stenciled edges, designed endpapers, and a deluxe printed and debossed case.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: \n\u003ci\u003eBurn before reading\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\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, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That's how war works, right? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, \n\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lost the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"exquisitely crafted tale\" ( \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) that spans time and space. Now fans can rejoice with the beautiful new design, which perfectly complements the novella's breathtaking exploration of time travel, heart-pounding romance, and the intense rivalry that spans across the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eEl-Mohtar, Amal\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmal El-Mohtar is an award-winning 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 the novel \n\u003ci\u003eThe River has Roots, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\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 \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has most recently appeared on \n\u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eUncanny Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in anthologies such as \n\u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Falls in Love \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is presently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches creative writing at the University of Ottawa. 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