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Ellis Hunter

Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter full box (Illumicrate 'Fatal Fortunes' Exclusive)

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About the product

You duel or you die.

Astrid has always known she is destined to die. She is the last Nachstern witch and heir to the Queendom of Arturea, cursed by a centuries-old covenant to duel the heir to the Kingdom of Vatra for the source of all magic: the Heart. And now Astrid’s time is up. She is heading into enemy territory to face Prince Zryan, the most powerful dragon rider in eons, with only her familiar, her potions, and her wits to aid her. She is going to die, and any chance her queendom has of curing the Blight that’s ravaging the lands and killing her people will die with her.

Meanwhile, deep in dragon country, Skylar and her travelling troupe arrive in Vatra’s capital, ready to profit off the legions of spectators swarming to the city ahead of the duel. She despises the royals and all they stand for, especially as the King’s guard murdered her mother. But when her best friend disappears, suspected to have been taken in the conscription, her search takes her closer to the royals than she ever could have imagined.

As the duel looms over the kingdom, Skylar and Astrid’s fates intertwine. They must battle a growing rebellion, their inner demons, and ultimately, those they love most, to determine if together they will save—or doom—their world.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a royal hardback and will feature:

  • An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @yasu.art.studio, design by @chattynora)
  • Full colour artwork on the hardback with foil details (art by @mad_brake)
  • Digitally printed fore-edge (by @isvoc) with block-sprayed top & bottom edges⁠
  • Illustrated endpapers—different front and back—and artwork on the reverse of the endpapers (by @palinlineart)
  • Bonus content
  • Bound-in author letter with a digital signature
  • Adult fantasy, first in a trilogy
  • Neurodivergent FMC (bipolar disorder) with F/M romance; Queer FMC; Queer secondary characters and relationships; non-binary secondary characters; mental health rep (anxiety, panic disorder)

Our full box features: 

  • Divine Omens Book Jacket, artwork by Mary Metzger (@marymetzgr), inspired by The Knight and the Moth
  • Stuck Behind the Gates Reusable Sticker Book, artwork by Fen Inkwright (@rosdottir), inspired by Immortal Consequences
  • Favoured Contenders Pendant Keyring, artwork by The Bitter Season (@thebitterseason), inspired by The Raven Scholar
  • Bound By Blood Vinyl Sticker Set, artwork by Sarah Mason (@artbysarahmason), inspired by Blood Bound

Photos by @bookwormgram

About the Author

Ellis Hunter is the pen name for Katie Ellis-Brown and Becky Hunter, two friends who wanted to write about two friends. Katie Ellis-Brown is an Irish British writer and editor who lives in Cornwall with her husband, daughter, and two familiars (black cats). Becky Hunter is a UK-based author, book publicist, and romance reader who is currently ruled by her two rescue ponies. They met while working in publishing and bonded over their shared obsession with fantasy. Blood Bound is a love letter to the genre and their debut novel.

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