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Vaishnavi Patel

Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel Full Box (Illumicrate 'Magical Bonds' exclusive)

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About the product

Featured book: Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Get your hands on an Illumicrate full box featuring Goddess of the River.

This is a single purchase of one of our past full boxes and will not subscribe you to any of our subscription products. 

When a goddess earns the ire of a powerful sage, she is cursed to become mortal. She makes a new life for herself, but when she breaks her curse, she is forced to leave her son behind. Over the years, mother and son’s paths rise and ebb together. With war looming on the horizon, they both must learn the meaning of duty, destiny and family.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

  • An exclusive cover (from the publisher)
  • Foil embossing on the hardback (by @chattynora)
  • Digitally printed foredge (by @chattynora); block sprayed top & bottom edge
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @zookie_art)
  • Bound-in author letter
  • Digitally signed by the author

The book at a glance:

  • Adult fantasy standalone
  • Featuring: exclusive cover; foil embossing on the hardback; digitally printed foredge; illustrated endpapers; author letter; digitally signed by the author.
  • Hindu philosophy and practice; celibate and implied asexual-spectrum male character

Items included in the full box option:

  • Honor Bound mug inspired by Fourth Wing, with artwork by RosieThorns88
  • Shadowforged book organiser inspired by The Hurricane Wars, designed by Fen Inkwright
  • Storybook setting magnet: Buckkeep insipired by The Realm of the Elderlings, designed by Chloe Hughes
  • Elven Tribe food clips inspired by Faebound, designed by Dani Lin

Photo credit: @aaliyahsbookshelf

About the Author

Vaishnavi Patel is a lawyer focusing on constitutional law and civil rights. She likes to write at the intersection of Indian myth, feminism, and anti-colonialism. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Kaikeyi. Vaishnavi grew up in and around Chicago, and in her spare time, enjoys activities that are almost stereotypically Midwestern: knitting, ice skating, drinking hot chocolate, and making hotdish.

Content warnings for Goddess of the River

  • Content Warning

    • Killing of infants
    • Mass death and war
    • Murder and violence
    • Casteism
    • Ableism and strong ableist language
    • Misogyny
    • Pregnancy and childbirth
    • Depression and grief
    • Gambling
    • Self-mutilation (minor)
    • Forced marriage (minor)
    • Animal death (minor)

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