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December 2024: Ride or Die!

Our Illumicrate December theme is . . . RIDE OR DIE!

When the chips are down, you can count on your ride or die to see you through.

Our December Illumicrate book is an adult science-fiction debut! Betrayed by their partner-in-crime, a former criminal spends eight years behind bars on a desolate prison planet. When offered early parole, they snatch up the opportunity. But waiting on the outside is the partner who sold them out, and she has a proposition: one last heist, targeting the billionaire they failed to bring down last time. The stakes are higher than ever, and failure is not an option.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

  • An exclusive cover (from the publisher)
  • Full colour printing and foil on the hardback (by @hollydunndesign)
  • Digitally printed edges (from the publisher)
  • Illustrated endpapers (by Kelsey Gottschlich); different front and back
  • Bound-in author letter
  • Signed by the author

If you love Oceans 8, impossible heists and disaster queers, we think you’ll enjoy this one!

Fandoms this month include Jade City, The Raven Cycle, and The Last Hour Between Worlds! We’re so excited that our next @rosiethorns88 mug will be in this box – inspired by Jade City – as well as a set of Raven Cycle bookmarks by @merwildandco! And as a bonus reveal, we’re excited to share that there will also be a multi-fandom 2025 calendar with art by @polarts_.

The book at a glance:

  • Adult science-fiction; first set in this universe
  • Featuring: exclusive cover; full colour printing and foil on the hardback; digitally printed edges; illustrated endpapers; author letter; signed by the author.
  • F/NB romance; lesbian main character; trans main character; BIPOC main character; lesbian side characters; trans side characters; BIPOC side characters

Content warnings:

  • Sexually explicit scenes
  • past death of a loved one,
  • attempted sexual assault of side character,
  • toxic relationships,
  • Colonialism,
  • childhood cancer and talks of cancer treatment of a side character,
  • Pregnancy and childbirth of a side character,
  • Past parent loss,
  • Imprisonment,
  • Poverty,
  • Strong language,
  • Body modifications,
  • Grief,
  • Alcohol use,
  • Tobacco use

Open subscription spots will be offered exclusively to our Illumicrate waitlist. You can join the subscription waitlist here.

News December 2024: Ride or Die!