This Is How You Lose the Time War
Ranked #18 in 2019, Ranked #25 in Time Travel — see more rankings.
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.... more
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Ezra Klein This book is amazing and if you haven't read it you should. https://t.co/0PNy4Kmbip (Source)
Ken Liu I suppose you could call it a time travel story. It takes place across all history, and features two protagonists, two women who are essentially spies—saboteurs for rival visions of the future, who are trying to twist the timeline to lead to their respective faction’s visions. But then they fall in love with each other. The story is incredibly beautiful and moving, and the language is so poetic. (Source)
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