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At the beginning of each month, the Tor.com eBook Club gives away a free sci-fi/fantasy ebook to club subscribers.

We’re happy to announce that the pick for April 2017 is Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, a standalone novel that brings Russian folklore into the present day.

Prepare for Stalinist house elves, a peasant girl clever enough to trick Doom itself, and the collision of magical history with actual Russian history!

Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what giants or wicked witches are to European culture: the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. Valente’s 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 peasant girl to Koschei’s 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, that will bring Russian myth to life in a stunning new incarnation.

 

Tor.com Ebook Club Deathless

 

DEATHLESS is available for download from April 10th to April 16th

Please download the ebook before 11:59 PM ET on April 16.

Note: If you’re having issues with the sign-up or download process, please email [email protected].

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