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Eliza Chan

Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan (Illumicrate 'Fantasea' exclusive)

Featured book: Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

An exclusive cover (from the publisher)

Full colour printing on the hardback (by @danlinz_art)

Digitally printed fore-edge (from the publisher); block sprayed top and bottom edge

Illustrated endpapers (by @tropicalgloom)

Signed by the author

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This box is from the Illumicrate subscription in March 2024 and is no longer available to purchase.

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About the product

Featured book: Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

Our March Illumicrate book is an adult fantasy debut! In a half-flooded city, humans live alongside creatures of the water. As three different women—a half-siren, an aristocratic water dragon, and a sea-witch—are caught up in a game of right and wrong, peace and unrest, and life and death, they must decide whether the city is worth saving . . . or whether it should be left to drown.
The book at a glance:
  • Adult fantasy debut; first in a duology
  • Featuring: exclusive cover; full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed fore-edge; illustrated endpapers; signed by the author; bonus content
  • M/F main relationship; PoC viewpoint characters; East and South-East Asian inspired world; diverse queer identities

Photo credit to @Rae and @aaliyahsbookshelf.

Book merchandise

Our March 2024 ‘Fantasea’ box included:

About the Author

Eliza Chan is a Scottish-born speculative fiction author. Her Sunday Times bestselling debut novel FATHOMFOLK — inspired by mythology, East and Southeast Asian cities and diaspora feels — was published by Orbit in 2024. The sequel TIDEBORN will be published in 2025. Her short fiction has featured in The Dark, Podcastle, Fantasy Magazine and The Best of British Fantasy.

Content warnings for Fathomfolk

  • Content Warning

    • Violence
    • Death
    • Toxic relationship/manipulation
    • Corrupt state and justice system
    • Racism
    • Xenophobia
    • Cultural appropriation
    • Class discrimination
    • Non-explicit sexual content
    • Alcohol/alcohol consumption
    • Drug use
    • Blackmail
    • Trafficking
    • Imprisonment
    • Strong language/cursing/swearing