All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

It is American writer Charlie Jane Anders’s second. “Which means that you can have a bit of fun playing with the reader’s expectations. All the Birds in the Sky blends the genres of science fiction and fantasy to explore the relationship between technology and nature. “Everybody has seen a million spy-with-gadget movies and read a million gritty urban fantasy novels,” she said in a 2016 interview. Anders reveals an intersection full of possibilities. Patricia and Laurence are, as the flap copy of Charlie Jane Anders’ All the Birds in the Sky says, muddling through postmillennial life and love in a world careening into chaos. The burgeoning romance brims with eccentricities, but the true fun of Charlie Jane Anders’ Nebula Award-winning novel is its blend of the fantasy and science fiction genres. From the editor-in-chief of io9.

They hold opposing views on how to save the world and, of course, fall in love as they fight against each other. It's about the struggle between listening to your heart and following your head, and how hard it is to stay true to yourself in the face of cruelty and doubt. After becoming estranged in their adolescence, the pair is reunited in adulthood, just as the planet seems to be tilting toward self-destruction. All the Birds in the Sky is a book about friendship, love, magic, and trying to avoid the end of the world. Patricia is a witch with magical powers, while Laurence is a tech genius with a time machine. In a great war over the fate of humanity, what will prevail: science or magic? The question propels this unconventional fantasy love story, which finds two childhood friends driven apart by their differences.

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders