Synopsis
A legend. A lie. A love story.
From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.
‘An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb’ – Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
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
‘A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece’ – Laura Steven, author of Our Infinite Fates
‘As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . 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’ – Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
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
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30 October 2025
9781529061215Reviews
A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece
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
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
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
