The Everlasting

About the book

From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, presents a poignant and unconventional quest.

A myth. A deception. A romantic tale.

An esteemed female knight whose myth shaped a nation crosses paths with a retiring historian who admires her renown. He is transported back in time to ensure she fulfills her destiny . . . even if it shatters his heart.

Sir Una Everlasting was the most celebrated hero of Dominion: the orphaned girl who rose to knighthood, who sacrificed her life for her queen and country. While her legend endures in verses and fables, in children's literature and military propaganda, the truth of her actual life has faded into obscurity. Fast forward centuries later, Owen Mallory – a disillusioned soldier, a struggling academic – becomes enthralled by the legend of Una Everlasting. Her tale leads him into battle, into libraries, and even into the past itself. Una and Owen are entwined in the fabric of time, destined to recount the same narrative repeatedly, regardless of the consequences. However, that narrative always concludes in the same manner.

If they aspire to redefine Una's mythology and finally narrate a new story, they must reshape history itself – and transform their own lives in the process.