Quality Information
- Paper Quality: 70 gsm off-white (Excellent)
- Cover Quality: 260 gsm card
- Printing: Digitally printed with a high-quality finish
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About This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War is a celebrated novella co-written by award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It is a rare book that blends science fiction and romance in a way that feels both fresh and deeply human. The story follows two rival time-travelling agents — Red and Blue — who work for opposing factions locked in a war across time and space. What begins as a bold taunt between enemies slowly transforms into a secret correspondence, and then into something neither of them expected: love. But their bond is dangerous. In a war where only one side can win, being discovered could mean death for both of them.
This is not a typical love story, and it is not a typical science fiction novel. It is a book about language, longing, and the choices we make when the stakes could not be higher. Told entirely through letters hidden in the threads of time, it is the kind of story that stays with you long after the last page.
Why You'll Love This Book
- Triple award-winning: Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards — among the highest honours in science fiction writing.
- A love story unlike any other: Two enemies, a secret correspondence, and a romance that bends the rules of time itself.
- Beautifully written: The prose is rich, poetic, and deeply immersive — every sentence is crafted with care.
- Short but powerful: Perfect for readers who want a complete, satisfying story without a lengthy commitment.
- Layered and rewarding: Multiple readings reveal new details, hidden meanings, and intricate wordplay throughout.
- Ideal for fans of: Ursula K. Le Guin, Nnedi Ofofor, and literary science fiction with an emotional core.
- Great for gifting: A compact, prestigious title that makes a thoughtful gift for any serious reader in Pakistan.
Full Description
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent known as Red discovers a single letter. It carries one instruction: burn before reading. She does not. And with that choice, an extraordinary and dangerous exchange begins.
Red works for the Commandment — a faction of rigid order and technological power. Her rival, Blue, serves the Garden — a faction rooted in organic growth and natural evolution. For years, they have been on opposite sides of a war fought across centuries, civilisations, and timelines. Each works to shape history in favour of her own side. They are enemies in every sense of the word.
Yet through letters hidden in the spine of history — tucked inside a salmon's last memory, written in the rings of a tree, encoded in volcanic ash — something unexpected grows between them. What began as a provocation becomes a conversation. What becomes a conversation becomes connection. And what becomes connection becomes a love that neither of them can afford, and neither of them can stop.
This Is How You Lose the Time War is a breathtaking novella about rivalry, longing, and the cost of love in a world built for war. Order your copy today from Bookshelf.pk and receive it anywhere in Pakistan with fast, reliable delivery.
