DKW Literary Agency are delighted to announce that Old Street have acquired a second novel from rising literary star S. E. Lister, whose debut novel Hideous Creatures publishes tomorrow (13th May).
Ben Yarde-Buller acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) in The Immortals, a literary time-travel epic, from Bryony Woods at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency.
Rosa Hyde is the daughter of a time-traveller, stuck in the year 1945. Forced to live through it again, and again, and again. All she ever wanted was to be free from that year, and from the family who keep her there.
She breaks out at last and falls through time, slipping from one century to another, unable to choose where she goes. And she is not alone. Wandering with her is Tommy Rust, time-gypsy and daredevil, certain in his heart of hearts that he will live forever.
Their journeys take them from the ancient shores of forming continents to the bright lights of future cities. They tell themselves that they need no kind of home. That they are anything but lost.
But then comes Harding, the soldier who has fought for a thousand years, and everything changes. Could Harding hold the key to staying in one place, one time? Or will the centuries continue to slip through Rosa’s fingers, as the tides take her further and further away from everything she has grown to love?
Ben Yarde-Buller said: ‘S.E. Lister’s time-travelling second novel is an unputdownable adventure story, a most unusual and rather heartbreaking romance, and a dazzling philosophical enquiry. It’s a thrill to be publishing it.’
S. E. Lister said: ‘I’ve loved working on The Immortals, and I’m delighted to be with Old Street again for my second novel.’
Bryony Woods said: ‘S. E. Lister is a star with an astonishingly bright future and a voice that demands to be heard. The Immortals is a stunning novel – a truly epic story, beautifully crafted, with characters that stayed with me long after I finished reading. It’s incredible to think that this is only her second novel. ’
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