The Memoirs of Lady Trent Vol 1 - Illustrated Deluxe Omnibus
Created by Wraithmarked Creative
Books 1-3 of Marie Brennan's Hugo-nominated study of dragonkind comes to Wraithmarked!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
A Quick Check In...
20 days ago
– Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 10:43:32 AM
Hey there everyone!
We hope you're well! Today, we wanted to take a moment to remind everyone how you can access your pledge. Even though we're still a ways off from fulfillment, it's never a bad idea to hop in to make sure your shipping information is up-to-date! Using the following link, enter the email address that's attached to your Kickstarter account and you should be able to pull your pledge right up!
We'll post a few more reminders like this as we get closer to fulfillment. If you have any questions, please check out the campaign FAQs and if you need additional help, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We're open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm (excluding US holidays)!
A Look Inside: the Signature Page and the End Sheets!
about 2 months ago
– Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 12:13:49 PM
Hi there everyone!
We hope you're having a good week so far! We've got a couple art pieces to show you today!
As part of redesigning the interior of the book, we also have to design the signature tip-ins for the books. These pages are unique in that they are printed before the rest of the book and shipped to the author for signing. Once they're done, they get shipped back to the printer and the remainder of production can begin.
Earlier this month, we have the finalized design of those tip-in pages (shown below). There may be some slight changes as we work to match our designs to the printer's requirements, but all of your signature pages can be expected to look like this!
A close-up shot of the WIP!
The Tip-In Page!
In addition to the signature page, we also finished up the end sheets! Take a look below!
Front End Sheet and Rear End Sheet!
The end sheets are the first thing you see when you open the book as well as the very last before it closes, so we wanted to make sure they stood out and really provided atmosphere to this story. Most of you are familiar with this art, so we wanted to show y'all where it would be in the book!
We hope you enjoy! See you folks in the next one!
A Wraithmarked Update... BookCon! And... a Look Inside: the Interior!
3 months ago
– Fri, May 15, 2026 at 09:13:09 AM
Hey there everyone!
Firstly, we wanted to check in on last update's poll! The results are in! In case you missed it, we'll link to it HERE.
As mentioned in the poll update, unless 67% voted in favor of the thinner, parchment-like stock, we'll be going with our usual glossed double stock! Now that the results are in, we'll be ordering our standard style prints! We'll get these ordered this upcoming week and have them sent out to Todd to be signed! You guys will get a sneak peak before we send them off, though! ;)
Secondly...
We just wanted to update everyone and say... THANK YOU! We know this portion of the update is a little late, but we didn't want to bog down the poll/results.
As some of you know, Wraithmarked attended our very first BookCon located in NYC! This was our first time ever coming to this convention and it was such a wonderful trip for us. We had a BLAST and it was definitely unlike any of the other conventions we've been to. As always, y'all came out to support us, and we couldn't be more grateful. Some of you also may have gotten a couple sneak peeks! ;)
We snapped a few pictures - take a look!
We just wanted to reach out and say thank you. It's always lovely to put faces to names, chitchat about campaign progress, find out what everyone's reading, share some behind-the-scenes art, and show off early copies of our books in-person (soon to be fulfilled books)!
We'd absolutely love to go again next year, and if so, we'll be sure to shout it out beforehand! Have a great rest of your week, everyone! <3
And now... for some sneak peeks!
We've got some of the interior to share with you folks today - it's always a good day for more art!
Today, we have a little sneak peek at the title pages and chapter headers. Take a look below!
WIP shot of the title page!
Full spread of the title page!
WIP shot of the chapter header!
We really love the text wrapping around the image on this design; it feels super organic and really adds to the feel of the overall subject matter of the book! We hope you feel the same!
As always, we'll see you folks in the next one!
We Got in Some Test Art Prints and We Need Your Feedback! And... Last Chance to Get 'Lady Trent's Field Journal'!
3 months ago
– Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:18:02 PM
Hey there everyone!
We hope you're well! Just a heads up, Kickstarter recently created a brand new feature for a polling system for campaign updates - which we'll be testing out today!
We received a couple different test options for the Todd Lockwood prints mainly because they're 1) so incredibly beautiful, and 2) because we wanted to try and replicate the original feel of the artwork, and by extension, the book. Take a look below!
Top: Spot UV, Bottom: Recycled.
The trouble we have is... the two prints are very different, with different advantages and disadvantages, and we need your input on which one we should go with.
Left: Recycled, Right: Spot UV.
Check out the video below for more information, but the gist is:
our usual paper allows for double stock and glossing one side
the other, yellower paper, has a very cool parchement texture, but only single-stock and no glossing
Left: Recycled, Right: Spot UV.
We'll be running a poll, but unless 67% of people WANT the thinner, parchment-like stock, we'll be going with our usual glossed double stock! Because these prints also need to be signed by Todd, we're only able to leave the survey up for 14 days (until Tuesday, May 5th).
We know we've already shouted it out, but the project ends soon, and a lot of stuff has been unlocked with Stretch Goals!
The project now encompasses two volumes!
Both volumes also have a fully-colored option, for those who would prefer an artbook rather than doing the coloring themselves (this is the main point that might attract new backers who weren’t interested before)!
All backers will receive digital “pages” from Isabella’s notebook, more in the style of a field biologist’s drawings rather than ones suitable for coloring: detail sketches, multiple views, etc. with cross-hatching and shading and so forth!
A Campaign Shout-out! And... An Upcoming Wraithmarked Campaign!
4 months ago
– Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 02:20:45 PM
Hey all!
We hope you all are well! We have a couple upcoming Kickstarters we wanted to shoutout today! The first being directly tied to the Lady Trent universe!
From the pre-launch page: “Marie Brennan and Avery Liell-Kok team up to bring you a coloring book from the world of Brennan’s beloved fantasy series, the Memoirs of Lady Trent! The line drawings and accompanying excerpts from Lady Trent’s writings are available as paperback books, packs of loose-leaf sheets, and/or digital bundles.”
THE ULTIMATE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY OMNIBUS
This one seemed like something a lot of you guys might like to be aware of!
On May 5th, Wraithmarked will be releasing what we believe could be considered the most ambitious omnibus edition of Douglas Adam's THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series ever produced.
As in not only is it a full-color book, but it's going to include 42 full-color illustrations. And that's JUST the interior art. So add in the Smyth-sewn binding. And acid-free paper. And custom covers. And end sheets. And cloth wrapping. And... Well... You get the picture.
There's more detail and a LOT more art revealed on the pre-launch page, so take a look if it interests any of you guys! As always, this will be a single-print run with campaign exclusive discounts, so Kickstarter is the only place you can guarantee your copy and get it at a discount!
