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Fantasy

Alix E. Harrow

Starling House by Alix E Harrow (Illumicrate 'Anti-Hero' exclusive)

Featured book: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Acetate dust jacket

Full colour printing on the hardback (by @magdalena_mieszczak)

Digitally printed edges

Endpaper artwork (by @nir4z)

Thanks to @booknerd623 for this beautiful photo!

Illumicrate Box

This box was part of the Illumicrate Box product in November 2023 and is no longer available to purchase.

Illumicrate Box

About the product

Featured book: Starling House by Alix E Harrow

There’s blood on their hands and a stolen blade at their hip, but beneath the veneer they have a kind heart – they’re no saint, but they bear the mantle of anti-hero well.

Our November Illumicrate book is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow! Low on money, a young woman takes a job at a mysterious old house steeped in history. But she gets more than she bargained for, as sinister forces are converging on the slowly rotting building. Together with the house’s brooding heir, she must uncover the house’s secrets—lest nightmares destroy them all.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

  • An exclusive transparent overlay dust jacket (a feature last seen on our December 2021 book)
  • Full colour printing on the hardback (by @magdalena_mieszczak)
  • Digitally printed edges
  • Endpaper artwork (by @nir4z)
  • Please note, this edition is unsigned

The book at a glance:

  • Adult fantasy standalone
  • All exclusive: cover with transparent overlay jacket; full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed edges; endpaper artwork
  • M/F romance; house setting

Photo credit: @booknerd623

Book merchandise

Our November 2023 ‘Anit-Hero’ box included:

About the Author

Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has won a Hugo and a British Fantasy Award, and been shortlisted for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Southern Book Prize, and Goodreads Choice awards. She's from Kentucky, but now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.

Content warnings for Starling House

  • Content Warning

    On the page:

    • racism
    • homophobia
    • blood
    • car accident
    • parent loss
    • alcohol and substance abuse
    • self-harm
    • child neglect
    • poverty
    • strong language
    • consensual sex

    Historical/referenced:

    • sexual abuse
    • enslavement
    • genocide