S.E. Porter, critically-acclaimed YA author of Vassa in the Night, bursts onto the adult fantasy scene with her adult novel that is sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Vandemeer and China Mieville
Love may last a lifetime, but in this dark historical fantasy, the bitterness of rejection endures for centuries.
As a young woman seeks vengeance on the obsessed sorcerer who murdered her because he could not have her, her murderer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied—or suffer mortal consequence. A lush, gothic journey across worlds full of strange characters and even stranger magic.
Sarah Porter's adult debut explores misogyny and the soul-corrupting power of unrequited love through an enchanted lens of violence and revenge.
"One of THE most singular fantasy novels I've ever read, a realm-and time-spanning speculative feminist novel that is, at its core, an indictment of male entitlement masquerading as weaponized unrequited "love.""
Melissa Albert, author of Our Crooked Hearts
"An utterly original, fiercely feminist Alice in Wonderland gothic tale."
