In tradition of modern fairy tales ako Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver comes sweeping epic rich v Eastern European folklore—a debut noviel o ancestrál hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story. The Yaga siblings—Bellatine, a mladý woodworker, a Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist—have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. Ale keď si uvedomte, že sú receive a mysterious inheritance, siblings sú utvorené — len to discovery, že ich potreba nie je krajinou alebo peniazmi, ale somer far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. Thistlefoot, ako dom je volaný, sa nachádza z Yagas' ancestrál domov v Rusku — ale nie. A sinister postava známa len ako Longshadow Man has tracked it do American shores, bearing s him violent secrets z pasce: fiery memories, ktoré majú hidden v Isaac a Bellatine blood for generations. Ako Yaga siblings embark s Thistlefoot na posledný cross-country turné svojej rodine cestovať divadlo show, Longshadow Muž sa šíril v relentless pursuit, seeding destruction in jeho wake. Ultimately, time, magic, a legacy must collide—erupting v powerful conflagration to determine, ktoré gets na remember pasce a raftu a nové future. Rozšírená adventúra osvetlená židovskou mytou a zdobenou s lyrickou prosou a tantalizing a sladké ako briar bobule, Thistlefoot je immersive moderný fantasy saga by a bold nový talent.