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.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. Thistlefoot
shimmers with magic and mayhem and a thrilling emotional momentum.” —Libba Bray bestselling
author of The DivinersThe 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. 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. Thistlefoot as the house
is called has arrived from the Yagas’ ancestral home outside Kyiv—but not alone. 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. 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. Ultimately time magic and legacy must collide—erupting in a
powerful conflagration to determine who gets to remember the past and craft a new future. An
enchanted adventure illuminated by Jewish myth and adorned with lyrical prose as tantalizing
and sweet as briar berries Thistlefoot is a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore: a
powerful and poignant exploration of healing from multi-generational trauma told by a bold new
talent.
