The Everlasting
The Sunday Times bestselling love story that echoes through history and outlasts time
Published on 30. October 2025
400 pages
978-1-5290-6120-8 (ISBN)
Description
Their story transcends time.
But can it be rewritten?The instant Sunday Times bestseller from Alix E. Harrow, the author of Starling House, comes a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantastical quest - a work of romantic fantasy unlike any other.
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, then died for queen and country. Her legend lives on, but her life as it truly happened has been long forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory - failed soldier, struggling scholar - falls in love with her tale. It takes him to war, to the archives and then into the past itself.
So Una and Owen become tangled, bound to retell her story over and over, no matter what it costs. But their tale always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend, and finally engineer a new ending, they'll have to confront its author - and change history itself.
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Praise for The Everlasting
'An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb'
- Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece'
- Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay
'As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it'
- Olivia Atwater, author of The Witchwood Knot
'Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation'
- Cassandra Khaw, author of The Library at Hellebore
Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 3/11/2025.
But can it be rewritten?The instant Sunday Times bestseller from Alix E. Harrow, the author of Starling House, comes a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantastical quest - a work of romantic fantasy unlike any other.
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, then died for queen and country. Her legend lives on, but her life as it truly happened has been long forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory - failed soldier, struggling scholar - falls in love with her tale. It takes him to war, to the archives and then into the past itself.
So Una and Owen become tangled, bound to retell her story over and over, no matter what it costs. But their tale always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend, and finally engineer a new ending, they'll have to confront its author - and change history itself.
* * *
Praise for The Everlasting
'An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb'
- Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece'
- Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay
'As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it'
- Olivia Atwater, author of The Witchwood Knot
'Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation'
- Cassandra Khaw, author of The Library at Hellebore
Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 3/11/2025.
Reviews / Votes
A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece -- Laura Steven, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Our Infinite Fates</i> 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, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Marvellous Light</i> 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 <i>Half a Soul</i> 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 <i>Nothing But Blackened Teeth</i> 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 <i>Starling House</i>, Reese's Book Club October 2023 Pick Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent . . . pure loveliness in book form -- Olivie Blake, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Atlas Six</i> on <i>Starling House</i> 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, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Lady MacBeth</i> on <i>Starling House</i> Gorgeous, poignant and honest - an unforgettable read -- Andrea Stewart, author of <i>The Bone Shard Daughter</i> on <i>Starling House</i> 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 * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> * What Harrow has crafted here is tender and aching and brutal in equal measure. Sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable, and always deeply moving . . . I loved this -- V. L. Bovalino, author of <i>The Second Death of Locke</i> A compelling, intricate story about believably many-faceted people whose fates will really matter to the reader . . . [An] intelligently and skillfully crafted tale -- Juliet E. McKenna, author of The Green Man seriesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
File size
3,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-6120-8 (9781529061208)
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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, Starling House and The Everlasting.
