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Allison Saft

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft Full Box (Illumicrate 'Darker Academia' exclusive)

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Featured book: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

Get your hands on an Illumicrate full box featuring A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft.

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

These hallowed halls of learning harbour something dark and restless.

Sent on a quest by a king seeking the power of a magical spring, a determined folklorist knows it is the perfect chance to prove herself. But when her mentor is murdered, she must team up with her infuriating (and beautiful) academic rival to uncover the truth. Caught between her dangerous expedition mates and the mysterious forest surrounding them, what she discovers may make her question the motives of her mentor and the kingdom itself.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

  • A redesigned cover (by @niallcgrant; design by @chattynora)
  • Full colour printing and foil on the hardback utilising the US cover art (by @audreybenjaminsenart; design by @chattynora)
  • Digitally printed edges (by @niallcgrant)
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @hopechristofferson; design by @chattynora), different front and back
  • Bound-in author letter
  • Bonus material
  • Signed by the author

The book at a glance:

  • Adult fantasy standalone
  • Featuring: redesigned cover; full colour printing and foil on the hardback; digitally printed edges; illustrated endpapers; author letter; bonus material; signed by the author.
  • F/F romance; lesbian main character, lesbian love interest, queer side characters; Jewish main character; German folklore

Items included in the full box option:

  • The Dark Academia bookcase puzzle, Artwork by Olivia Gibbs; designed by Chatty Nora
  • Scales And Wings task journal, designed by Gretchen Cobaugh
  • Wheels of Fate Reading prompt cards, designed by Franziska Stern
  • Foreshadowing glasses case, designed by Jay Kay

Photo: @lonely_reader and @melting_pages

About the Author

Allison Saft is the New York Times, Sunday Times, and USA Today bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide, A Fragile Enchantment, and other romantic fantasy novels. After receiving her MA in English Literature from Tulane University, she moved from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast, where she spends her time practicing aerial silks. She lives with her partner and an Italian greyhound named Marzipan.

A Dark and Drowning Tide

  • Content Warning

    • Violence, including graphic descriptions of blood and injuries
    • Murder
    • Past death of a sibling (on page in flashback)
    • Antisemitism and scientific racism
    • Nationalism and imperialism
    • Grief and PTSD
    • Emesis

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