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One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition)

By Rachel Gillig
Series: The Shepherd King
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LIMITED PRINT RUN―featuring stencilled edges as well as a bold new cover and other beautiful features. This breathtaking deluxe hardcover edition of Rachel Gillig's sensational gothic romantasy debut is available for a limited time and while supplies last. THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION! A dark, lushly gothic... Read More
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LIMITED PRINT RUN―featuring stencilled edges as well as a bold new cover and other beautiful features. This breathtaking deluxe hardcover edition of Rachel Gillig's sensational gothic romantasy debut is available for a limited time and while supplies last.

THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION!

A dark, lushly gothic fantasy, One Dark Window follows a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom--but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking.

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.

Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it. Except the highwayman just so happens to be the King's own nephew, Captain of the Destriers... and guilty of high treason.

He and Elspeth have until Solstice to gather twelve Providence Cards--the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

Look out for the special edition of Two Twisted Crowns, publishing simultaneously in September 2025.

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    LIMITED PRINT RUN―featuring stencilled edges as well as a bold new cover and other beautiful features. This breathtaking deluxe hardcover edition of Rachel Gillig's sensational gothic romantasy debut is available for a limited time and while supplies last. THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION! A dark, lushly gothic fantasy, One Dark Window follows a maiden who must unleash the monster within to...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316597234

Publisher: Orbit

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 September 2025

Imprint: Orbit

Edition: Special ed.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 635g

Pages: 400

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Rachel Gillig Romance Romantasy (Fantasy Romance) Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: The Shepherd King Special Editions

About the Author

Rachel Gillig was born and raised on the California coast. She is a writer, with a BA in literary theory and criticism from UC Davis. If she is not ensconced in blankets dreaming up her next novel, Rachel is in her garden or walking with her husband, son, and their poodle, Wally.

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