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Every month, we pick one newly released fantasy book that we think you will love to include in this subscription!
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 that we believe adults will also enjoy.
Books will arrive with you in our signature wrapping – recycled brown paper, twine, a wax seal, and a bookmark – alongside a luxury teabag and a bookplate signed by the author when possible. All our packaging is sustainably sourced and plastic-free.
*PLEASE NOTE: Our May book does not come with a signed bookplate*
Dryad's Book Subscription is £11 a month (£14.80 including UK Tracked shipping). It is also available a 3-, 6- and 12-month pre-paid subscription – click here to find out more!
Your first book will be shipped soon after your order, and your subsequent books will be shipped when your subscription renews (or, as soon after your renewal as possible, if our book of the month's publication date has not yet passed). For instance, if you placed your order on May 24th, you would receive our May book of the month, then our June book of the month when your order renews on June 24th.
If you would like to instead start with a specific month or change the date of your renewal, let us know by leaving a note at checkout or by emailing hello@dryad-books.co.uk.
Dryad's Book Subscription – Monthly
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.