As Born to Rule the Storm

The star-crossed temporal romance of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR meets the vintage setting and yearning of DIVINE RIVALS in AS BORN TO RULE THE STORM.

Cadet Charlotte Amsel will trade her life to win a war- but not all at once. As part of an elite group of experimental soldiers, she can move through time, with each jump taking months from her own fated lifespan as she struggles to prevent the cold war from boiling over into an apocalypse. With her own side just as untrustworthy as the enemy, the only thing she cares about is keeping her best friend and fellow soldier (and in some timelines, lover) safe. But each time loop adds violent complications, and saving anyone before she runs out of life to give may prove impossible.

Praise for AS BORN TO RULE THE STORM:
“As Born to Rule the Storm elegantly renders lifetimes of love and loss in 120 pages. With emotional, cutting prose and a clever conceit, Baumer explores what it means to fight for glimmers of happiness in the darkness of certain doom. Bittersweet and perfect. “ — Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic

“With prose and plotting as precise and intricate as clockwork, As Born to Rule the Storm layers timelines like syncopated music, exploring the inevitability of war, loss, sacrifice—and love.”- Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance

“In As Born to Rule the Storm, Baumer expertly weaves the moving drama of both a war story and love story into one seamless, heartache of a book. If you read any novella this year, make it this one.” - Hayley Stone, author of Make Me No Grave