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See moreKill Your Darling is an immortal workplace romcom between Good and Evil, where killing each other every few decades is just part of the job description. But what if they decided to kiss instead...?
Some immortals live to fulfil their purpose. He'd rather live for himself.
Alyosha Mikhailov, avatar of Evil and continent-wide villain for roughly seven thousand years, is frankly over it. With his quiet manners and sensitive heart, the prophecy that keeps reincarnating him into the role of Big Bad feels less like fate and more like a cosmic joke. So he decides to do the unthinkable and ask for help from the only other immortal he knows—the avatar of Good. Otherwise known as Alyosha's closest thing to a coworker and friend.
Casimir Alekhin is thriving. As the ever-popular avatar of Good, he's perfectly pleased with the world and would happily clock another seven thousand years on his theoretical timecard. Sure, he has to stab Alyosha every few decades, but isn't that basically a mild inconvenience when you're talking about immortality? If only Alyosha would stop taking it so personally.
But as Alyosha digs for a way to shatter the prophecy once and for all, Casimir begins to worry that his friend isn't confused—he's serious. And the closer Alyosha gets to freedom, the more Casimir is forced to face a truth he's avoided for millennia: forever only matters if you have someone to spend it with.
This edition will include:
Full-colour character art designed by the author
Detailed map
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798256503321
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 January 2027
Country: United States
Imprint: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Mariana Costa is a Brazilian-born author and illustrator now based in Australia. She has sold several graphic novels in the US, including Belle of the Ball, which was a finalist in the Queer Graphic Novels category at the LAMBDA literary awards.
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