Our August theme is: KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Our featured book this month is Babel by R.F. Kuang! Set against the backdrop of historic Oxford, and with an absolutely memorable cast of characters, we fell in love with this impeccably written critique of imperialism and the institutions that uphold it.
Our Illumicrate edition is a naked hardback featuring a redesigned cover…inside a slipcase!! We’ve never done a slipcase edition in our monthly subscription before, and we are thrilled to make this our first! If you’re a fan of the trade cover of Babel then never fear, our slipcase design bears this in mind!
Our edition also features digitally printed edges, contains a bound-in author letter and exclusive bonus content, and is signed by the author! The team at Harper Voyager truly did the most spectacular job with this edition, we feel so lucky to be able to offer you something this magical as part of our subscription and we cannot wait for you all to see it!
Items this month are inspired by The Atlas Six, Bunny, A Lesson in Vengeance and Babel! There will also be a fandom neutral item that was a big hit last year! We’ve taken inspiration from the cover of Babel for the contents of this month’s box, and we love how cohesive everything looks.
The book at a glance:
- Adult dark academia historical fantasy standalone
- Dual-heritage Chinese and English protagonist, Muslim Indian main character, Haitian, Creole-speaking Black main character
- All exclusive: redesigned cover, slipcase, digitally printed edges, bound-in author letter, exclusive bonus content, signed by the author
Content warnings (provided by the author):
Child abuse
Drug use
Racism
Colonialism/imperialism
Explicit violence
Gore
Imprisonment
Parent illness and death
Murder
Epidemic
