Sci-Fi
This is How You Lose the Time War
2019·208 pages
Two rival time-traveling agents exchange letters and fall in love across a war-torn multiverse in this romantic sci-fi novella.
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Two rival time-traveling agents exchange letters and fall in love across a war-torn multiverse in this romantic sci-fi novella.
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Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.In the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter marked “Burn before reading. Signed, Blue.”So begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents in a war that stretches through the vast reaches of time and space.Red belongs to the Agency, a post-singulari...
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Romance & sex
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Minor romantic tension with no explicit sexual scenes depicted. Rape, not depicted on-page or central.
Violence & gore
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Frequent war and violence themes with graphic gore and torture scenes.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central sapphic romance between two female agents; LGBTQ+ themes are key.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No occult or witchcraft themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Moderate themes of opposing societal structures and control over history.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mentions of self-harm and suicide, not depicted on-page.
Abuse & suffering
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Recurring themes of war-related suffering and animal killing. Rape, not depicted on-page or central.
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