The Everlasting - by Alix E Harrow (Paperback)

About the Book

"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--if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself"--

Book Synopsis

Instant New York Times bestseller - USA Today bestseller - National Indie bestseller - Locus Award Winner

October 2025 LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick - November 2025 Indie Next Pick!

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian 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--if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself.

"Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent." --Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

"An utter masterpiece... I loved every single page." --Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window

Review Quotes

[The Everlasting] is a feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece... It has scribbled itself over the heart line of my palm and there it will remain, as eternal as its namesake. I loved every single page. --Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window

"The loveliness of an Alix E. Harrow story is matched only by the exquisiteness of her craft...It's pure magic.--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

"No one writes about why we read quite like Alix Harrow...A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force." --Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, on The Everlasting

"A beautiful novel about the stories that shape our lives and the divine and ordinary inevitability of love... If Una Everlasting stabbed me I'd die happy."--Lex Croucher, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Gwen & Art Are Not In Love

"I was utterly trapped in its pages-- and now free, already long to return."--Caitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award Winner and USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence on The Everlasting

"This impressively constructed plot keeps the pages flying on the way to a stunning finale. Harrow remains at the top of her game." -Publishers Weekly

"Combining an epic love story with meditations on storytelling, history, and power, Harrow achieves the perfect balance of these powerful themes. Readers will savor the legendary love and lives of Owen and Una. Highly recommended." - Booklist

"Harrow once again skillfully writes a story of love, loss, and choosing one's own path, no matter what anyone else says (or writes)." -Library Journal

"Harrow demonstrates the impressive breadth of her powers for this romantic saga and brutal critique of the misuses of patriotism." -- Shelf Awareness

"...with its looping timelines and parallel histories, The Everlasting may be her most adventurous and most beautifully crafted novel to date." -Locus Magazine

"Alix E. Harrow returns with another dreamy, genre-blending fantasy...a continuation of some of Harrow's favorite themes: the struggle against a supposedly predetermined fate and the vital importance and malleability of stories." -- Bookpage

Praise for Starling House

"This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting--plus, characters willing to risk everything." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club October '23 Pick)

"Harrow's lyrical prose propels this contemporary Southern gothic, offering an atmospheric fairy tale with delightfully jagged-edged characters." -EW.com

"Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fiction's most memorable haunted houses."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Alix E. Harrow is a fantasy author who just does not miss." --Paste Magazine

About the Author

Alix E. Harrow is the New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, The Everlasting and various short fiction. A former Kentuckian, Harrow now lives in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.