Among the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter. It reads: burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents in a war that spans time and space. Red belongs to the Agency, a technotopia. Blue belongs to Garden, a vast consciousness embedded in all organic matter. What began as a taunt, a battlefield boast between them, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except 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.

I’m not much of a sci-fi girly, but this book was very unique and incredibly well written. The writing was lyrical and beautiful, and the book read like poetry. It’s a shorter book but a bit dense. Initially it took me a minute to figure out what was going on as it felt like the reader is thrust into the narrative without much background laying. For that reason some of the concepts and settings felt a little out of reach for me, especially as someone who rarely reads sci-if. The beautiful prose compensated this for me to an extent, but I think I would have enjoyed this more if there was a more basic world building or history of the war between the two. Overall this was interesting and for lovers of sci-fi I would definitely recommend it!