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The Everlasting
- Author
- Alix E. Harrow
- Narrator
- Moira Quirk, Sid Sagar
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 October 2025
- Run Time
- 13 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Dark fantasy, Historical fantasy, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2026**
'A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force' – Ava Reid, bestselling author of A Study in Drowning
An instant Sunday Times bestseller, The Everlasting is a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantasical quest of love and endurance. Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House, delivers 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.
Una and Owen become tangled, bound to retell her story over and over, no matter what it costs. But it 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.
Critics Review
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A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece
Laura Steven, New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates
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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
AudioFile
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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, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Marvellous Light
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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 Half a Soul
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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 Nothing But Blackened Teeth
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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
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This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a vivid and eerie setting – plus, characters willing to risk everything
Reese Witherspoon on Starling House, Reese’s Book Club October 2023 Pick
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Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent . . . pure loveliness in book form
Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six on Starling House
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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, New York Times bestselling author of Lady MacBeth on Starling House
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Gorgeous, poignant and honest – an unforgettable read
Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter on Starling House
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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
Publishers Weekly
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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 The Second Death of Locke
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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 series
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.7
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5.0 5.0
I've loved all of Alix' previous books, and this one didn't fail to deliver. Bending time, stories and the meaning of bravery into a wonderful story.
jwinters 2025-12-20 -
5.0 5.0
I LOVED this book. Beautifully crafted, with incredible plotting, lyrical writing and fantastic characters. It felt completely original and yet also wholly indebted to and reflective about the whole of western canon. And to make a beautiful book better, the narration was brilliantly done.
emgrace 2025-12-05
Details
- Author
- Alix E. Harrow
- Narrator
- Moira Quirk, Sid Sagar
- Duration
- 13 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529061215
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Dark fantasy, Historical fantasy, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.7(3 reviews)
Synopsis
**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2026**'A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force' – Ava Reid, bestselling author of A Study in DrowningAn instant Sunday Times bestseller, The Everlasting is a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantasical quest of love and endurance. Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House, delivers 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.Una and Owen become tangled, bound to retell her story over and over, no matter what it costs. But it 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 HelleboreAlix E. Harrow’s The Everlasting was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 3/11/2025.
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