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From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.

A legend. A lie. A love story.

A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He’s sent back through time to make sure she plays her part . . . even if it breaks his heart.

Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters – but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory – failed soldier, struggling scholar – falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives, and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way.

If they want to rewrite Una’s legend, and finally tell a different story, they’ll have to rewrite history itself – and change their lives in the process.

Praise for The Everlasting

‘An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb’ – Freya Marske

‘A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece’ – Laura Steven

‘As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it’ – Olivia Atwater

‘Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation’ – Cassandra Khaw

Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18/11/2023, a Waterstones Book of the Month and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

Publisher Review

A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece -- Laura Steven, New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates Opening this book is like being handed a sharp, sexy onion: each layer of narrative that unwraps is more devastating than the last, and by the time you reach its tender heart, you're probably crying. Alix E. Harrow has created an exquisite, epic romance that also takes you by the throat and forces you to consider the terrible costs of history, loyalty and legend-making -- Freya Marske, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Marvellous Light As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime, The Everlasting is a lush fantasy that also holds up a mythological mirror to our present-day neuroses, honing its edge on our need for identity and belonging. It's also got a buff lady knight and a cowardly scholar who worships the ground she walks on. Anyway, I loved every word of it -- Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation and if it doesn't, there's something seriously wrong with the world -- Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth Gorgeous and quintessentially Alix E. Harrow, The Everlasting is a meticulously layered time-loop story with devastating emotional impact that grapples with the toll of loyalty and duty, the weaponization of myth and the true cost of nation and empire. A highly anticipated and deeply moving epic -- KelleyAnn Thai, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a vivid and eerie setting - plus, characters willing to risk everything -- Reese Witherspoon on Starling House, Reese's Book Club October 2023 Pick Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent . . . pure loveliness in book form -- Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six on Starling House The gaudy, dark seam between horror and romance, Starling House is Alix E. Harrow's greatest work yet - if you can survive its slow belly-crawl into hell -- Ava Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Lady MacBeth on Starling House Gorgeous, poignant and honest - an unforgettable read -- Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter on Starling House Harrow evokes the romance, magic, and tragedy of Arthurian legend in this breathtaking chivalric fantasy . . . keeps the pages flying on the way to a stunning finale. Harrow remains at the top of her game * Publishers Weekly *