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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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Fantasy

THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES

Alix E. Harrow

In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement.

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.

But when the Eastwood sisters -- James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna -- join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote -- and perhaps not even to live -- the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.

There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.

Alix E. Harrow has won a Hugo for her short fiction, and has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. Her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller, a B&N Discover Pick, the Indie Next Pick for September, and one of Amazon's Top Ten "Best of the Month" books across all genres.

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Book Published 2020-10-13 by Redhook / Orbit

Comments

THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES was featured on Amazon's lists for "Best Books of the Month" and "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Month", as well as other October book lists including Bustle and io9.

A glorious escape... A tale that will sweep you away.

A breathtaking book-brilliant and raw and dark and complicated. It's also, to be blunt, uncannily relevant.

This novel cleverly connects the dots between the suffragist movement of the past to the Me Too movement of today. Compelling, exhilarating, and magical, The Once and Future Witches is a must-read.

You know how much I adore a good witchy tale, and with The Once and Future Witches, author Alix E. Harrow has delivered another rich and powerful novel to satisfy my heart's desire. From the mind who brought us The Ten Thousand Doors of January comes this historical fantasy that will appeal to fans of feminist fiction and family sagas that blend together magic, folklore, and alternate history.

In a world where women and magic have been burned and bound, three sisters set about to bring power and rights back to women and in doing so, find their way back to each other. For fans of Uprooted and Circe.

A brilliant dazzle of a book. This story of sisters and witches, memory and power cracked open my heart and set down roots there. I devoured it in enormous gulps, and utterly loved it.

This is a delightful, satisfying novel, a tale of women's battle for equality, of fairy tales twisted into wonderfully witchy spells, of magics both large and small, and history re-imagined. All of it is told in Alix Harrow's exquisite language and with her vivid characterizations-a great pleasure to read.

A radiant masterpiece of pure storytelling magic!

The book was a delight to read in 2020, especially in the aftermath of a contentious presidential election. Harrow imbues the novel with fiery understanding of the history of women's rights, and the book is brimming with anger over how men have found ways to shut women out from equality for centuries.

BookPage interview by Trisha Ping - Alix E. Harrow: Caught between fairy tales and fury ... Read more...

Harrow's scorching second novel channels female rage into magical power, making for an oh-so-satisfying 2020 read.

Harrow's world-building is intricate, and the plot is full of smaller battles and acts of rebellion, but her protagonists are complex women with clear motivations... Readers looking for a feminist alt-historical fantasy about reclaiming witchcraft and taking down the dominant power structures will be riveted.

...This is a book I want to press into the hands of all my friends and say, see here, this is us. It doesn't hurt that all the clever allusions to fairy tales and American labor history are just my kind of thing, or that Harrow's writing is as beguiling and crisp as autumn itself. Read more...

Charming and well-written.

The magical tale of imperfect heroines, fractured sisterhood, and shadowy undying villains you never knew you needed. Alix Harrow crafts a delightfully bewitching story with familiar but ingeniously recrafted histories and deft worldbuilding as rich as the prose that leaps off the page. This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen.

THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES is nominated for 2021 Locus Awards (for Fantasy)!

UK: Orbit UK ; Czech: Albabros ; France: Hachette Livre ; Hebrew: Tamir/ Yediot Aharonot ; Italy: Mondadori ; Poland: Iuvi ; Spanish: Roca ; Turkish: Ithaki

It's rare that a story truly feels like magic, but such is the case with Alix E. Harrow's lush and enchanting The Once and Future Witches. Part period piece, part celebration of sisterhood, and part feminist manifesto, the story is a love letter to women of all kinds, everywhere.

Drawn from folklore and history, -Harrow's lyrical prose immerses readers in a story of power and secrets that is not easily -forgotten.

A love letter to folklore and the rebellious women of history.

A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women.