As the Yaga siblings embark with Thistlefoot on a final cross-country tour of their family’s traveling theater show, the Longshadow Man follows in relentless pursuit, seeding destruction in his wake. A sinister figure known only as the Longshadow Man has tracked it to American shores, bearing with him violent secrets from the past: fiery memories that have hidden in Isaac and Bellatine’s blood for generations. Thistlefoot, as the house is called, has arrived from the Yagas’ ancestral home outside Kyiv-but not alone. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance, the siblings agree to meet-only to discover that their bequest isn’t land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. The Yaga siblings-Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist-have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem and a thrilling emotional momentum.” -Libba Bray, bestselling author of The Diviners
“A wonderfully imaginative, wholly enchanting novel of witness, survival, memory, and family that reads like a fairy tale godfathered by Neil Gaiman and Tim Burton in a wild America alive with wonders and devils alike. In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver comes an immersive fantasy saga, a debut novel about estranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance.
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