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.
'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 Alix E. Harrow is an ex-historian with lots of opinions and excessive library fines, currently living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral children. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. Her full-length novels include The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches and Starling House. The Everlasting is the stunning next book from Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, taking readers on a fantastical journey that always ends in tragedy, no matter how many times it repeats – unless its heroes can change their fate.
"This time-bending romantasy, set in a nation called Dominion, is told from the perspectives of Sir Una Everlasting and her admirer and biographer, Owen Mallory. Moira Quirk and Sid Sagar bring these two characters to life, weaving the story with finesse. As Owen travels back in time to discover the true nature of Sir Una, they both discover that legends, songs, and stories don't always tell the whole truth about our heroes. The story is told as if each character is talking to the other. Quirk's and Sagar's voices are well suited to their characters and bring nuanced meaning to the story. This adventure invites listeners to explore the nature of storytelling and how it shapes our understanding of history. C.F. � AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine"
