{"product_id":"time-was-9780765391469","title":"Time Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella \u003ci\u003eTime Was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their desperate timelines overlap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIAN McDONALD was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLuna: New Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLuna: Wolf Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He now lives in Belfast.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643327058194,"sku":"9780765391469","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9d5ef70-772d-4047-8d4b-c075dc229447.jpg?v=1733082920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/time-was-9780765391469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}