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Every month, we pick one newly released fantasy book which we loved – and think you will too!
Titles chosen will encompass a range of vibrant subgenres – from cosy fantasy and sword-and-sorcery, to urban epics and mythology retellings. We will also occasionally feature books that cross genre boundaries (e.g. Science Fantasy, Horror Fantasy), but our focus will always be on picking novels we know fantasy fans will love. Most books included will be for an adult readership, but we will occasionally include YA titles.
Books will arrive with you in our signature wrapping – recycled brown paper, twine, a wax seal – along with a luxury tea bag and a signed bookplate when possible. All our packaging is sustainably sourced and plastic-free.
Dryad's Book Subscription is £11 a month (£14.80 including UK Tracked shipping) and is available as a monthly subscription, or as a 3-, 6- and 12-month prepaid subscription. Books will be shipped monthly.
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Your first book will be shipped soon after your order, and your subsequent books will be shipped at the beginning of each month, or on the book's publication date. For instance, if you ordered a 3-month subscription on September 14th, you would receive our September Book of the Month first, and then our October Book of the Month on October 9th. This is because October 9th is the book's publication date.
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Our June book is Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Michael Anson.
This month's book includes a signed bookplate, and we expect copies to ship mid-late June.
A heart-pounding Yoruba inspired fantasy set in an epic world of courtly intrigue and forbidden power…
In the Kingdom of Oru L'ore has a secret. She is the only one without agbára – the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death she must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani.
But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà High Priest – a great honour where he will serve the gods and the Kingdom – he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, L'ore vows to rescue him.
When she desperately attempts to channel agbára an icy shadow magic instead pours from her hands; a power she learns originated from a forbidden, secret land beyond Oru.
In this place, she and Alawani must seek sanctuary from those pursuing them. But soon they will discover a secret that could bring the kingdom to its knees.