“A wonderfully imaginative, wholly enchanting novel of witness, survival, memory, & family that reads like a fairy tale godfathered by Neil Gaiman & Tim Burton in a wild America alive with wonders & devils alike. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic & mayhem & a thrilling emotional momentum.” — Libba Bray, bestselling author of The Diviners °°° In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's American Gods & Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore--a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, & the uncanny power of story. The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, & Isaac, a wayfaring street performer & con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment & by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--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 in Russia--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 & 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, & legacy must collide--erupting in a powerful conflagration to determine who gets to remember the past & craft a new future. An enchanted adventure illuminated by J