From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland comes Catherynne M. Valente's dark fantasy tale"e;L'Esprit de L'Escalier"e;, a Tor.com Original.In this provocative and rich retelling of the Greek myth, Orpheus, the musician son of Apollo and Calliope, successfully rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades after her untimely death.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.