Deathless
Winner of the
Andre Norton Award
Winner of the
Mythopoeic Award
Winner of the
Rhysling Award
Nominated for the
Hugo, Locus and World Fantasy Awards
‘This is a book that broods but never stoops to cynicism, a book full of dream-logic and eros. Valente is a major talent and this is some of her best work.’
Cory Doctorow
Deathless
is a fierce reimagining of a classic Russian fairytale- the story of Koschei the Deathless and Marya Morevna. It is a collision of myth, magic, folklore and Soviet history through the twentieth century.
‘I am Marya Morevna, daughter of twelve mothers, and I will not be denied.’
Deathless
lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing.
Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
Deathless is a fierce and unforgettable love story: a story of life and death, of old memories and dark magic.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catherynne M. Valente is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen works of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series, Deathless, and the crowdfunded phenomenon The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Own Making. She lives on an island off the coast of Maine with