num_pages: 352
description: Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century.Deathless however is no dry historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution to Koscheis beautiful bride to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves magical quests secrecy and bureaucracy and games of lust and power. All told Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history of revolution and mythology of love and death which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation.
language: English
title: Deathless
publisher: Tor Books