Defiance of the Fall Vol. 1 - Illustrated Deluxe Hardcover

US Fulfillment Update!
20 days ago – Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 08:25:22 AM

Hey there, folks!

Super quick: if you're a Non-US backer and missed our last update, please check it out HERE. We're just about ready to begin fulfilling with our new fulfillment partner after several weeks of hurdles with our old partner, and we're so dang excited. We'll also be posting that address lock update for y'all soon, so be on the lookout! Once we get the official go-ahead from our new partner, we can begin fulfillment for this and a handful of other campaigns that have been affected by the delay in fulfillment partner swapping!

And now... US fulfillment has been going on for a few weeks!

As of now, we're nearly finished with US fulfillment. We have about 50 or so orders left, then we can call this one finished in our neck of the woods! If you're a backer from the US and haven't received your tracking number by the end of the month, please be sure to reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll help you out. We'll still be posting one final update for all backers after fulfillment has completed around the globe to check in with all backers.

US Backers: Locking addresses in 48 Hours! And... an Update for Non-US Backers!
about 2 months ago – Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 06:29:53 AM

Hi there everyone!

We hope you're doing well and having a good week so far! This update will be in two parts: one part for our US Backers, and the other for our Non-US backers.

For US Backers!

Following up on our last update, we are now ready to start sending out the books! We've caught up with a prior campaign and will beginning packing orders as early as next week! To make sure we're ready for fulfillment, we're going to be locking addresses for US backers by Friday! (Please note that this Friday is Juneteenth in the US, so we will not be able to answer support tickets or emails until we return the following week. If you miss the change of address window, please reach out to us as soon as possible via [email protected]) 

You can expect an email from Backerkit today informing you of a 48-hour window to make final changes before they lock. 

• If you are expecting a change of address in the next few weeks, either provide your new address or a different permanent address that's close enough for you to pick them up.
• When this window expires, we cannot guarantee that we'll be able to change the address before your pledge ships.  
• Once addresses lock, we'll print labels in batches of similar orders. Depending on workload, it may take several weeks for fulfillment to complete.
• When your order ships you will get an email with tracking information. Please be aware that it may take a few days for the tracking information to update. 

If you have questions at any point in this process, please send us a message here on Kickstarter or via email at [email protected]. Even though it is rare, it may take between 3-5 business days to respond (though usually faster) and we do not work on holidays or weekends. We appreciate your patience! <3

If you're a Non-US backer and would like to check your address before we send out your address lock update, please use the link above to check and/or change your shipping information!

For Non-US Backers!

In case you missed our last update, please take a moment and check it out HERE. This is effectively a 'Part 2' to that initial Update.

This Update applies to NON-US BACKERS ONLY. If you are a Backer in the US, feel free to read, but please keep in mind that this Update does not apply to you.

Hey everyone. Bryce here, coming to you with (finally) some good news.

To catch you up on the situation if you're only just learning about this for the first time: In the last week of April, 2026, we told our now ex-fulfillment partner (for non-US customers) that we were parting ways with them due to 1) a plethora of improperly packaged–and therefore often damaged–books being shipped out of their facility, and 2) a very problematic lack of communication on their part when contacted by us about various concerns and questions. That notification came with us telling them that we would need all our product (including 'Defiance of the Fall' and merchandise related to this project) shipped to our new partner.

In a continuing example of that communication issue, said ex-partners failed to adequately respond to our requests and inquiries for over a month, resulting in the significant delay you, our non-US Backers, have suffered.

SO WHAT'S NEW?

On to the good news I promised above: We now have confirmation in the form of a Packing List that the books are palletized and ready to be picked up by our new partner. This means that, barring further delays by said ex-partner, the books should be picked up this week and arriving at our new partner by early next. It will then take some time to get organized, but shipping for 'DotF' should begin shortly after that. Since this has been an ongoing issue, Non-US fulfillment has some catching up to do, and there are a couple campaings that need to fulfill prior to this one.

Now... Would you like to know how we finally made this happen after 4+ weeks of lacking communication?

By speaking to our lawyers, who instructed us to send the ex-partner the following email:

And would you believe y'all... In a shocking twist no one could see coming, within a couple of hours we got this email from an Officer of the company:

And... voila. A little over one business week later, and things magically are palletized and listed. All it took was involving lawyers. Which is... WILD, in my opinion.

So yeah. I won't be sharing further exchanges unless necessary, but as of yesterday, ex-partner has provided a Packing List of all our product, including 'Defiance of the Fall', and our new partner is working on scheduling a pickup by end of week.

I'm sorry this Update wasn't "They're shipping!", but I am very glad to be able to say "We're nearly there!" Despite this being something mostly out of our hands, I can't apologize enough for the delay.

As usual, I'll be around to field what questions I can for a couple of days, so toss them in the comments below!

Oh and just for good measure, here is the original email we sent back in APRIL starting this request:

AND NOW... A QUICK VIDEO ABOUT WHY WE ARE LEAVING OUR FORMER FULFILLMENT PARTNER.

I know we've talked about it before, but we continue to get comments and messages from people who wish we had "just let the former non-US partner fulfill the books before switching."

Hopefully this short video will offer some visual context on why we weren't willing to do that. Enjoy.

Books Have Been Received in the US! And an important notice for non-US Backers.
3 months ago – Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:37:11 AM

Hi there everyone!

Following up on our last update, we wanted to let you all know that the books have officially been received by our warehouse in the States! We had some scheduling conflicts with drop-off, so it delayed their getting to us by a few days. Either way, we have them in-hand now and will be prepping US orders for fulfillment soon!

Since we're currently working on fulfilling a campaign prior to this one, we still have a little bit of time before these go out the door. That being said, we'll post our final address lock update for both US and Non-US orders closer to then. 

To prepare for that (and just in case folks miss the next update/email from Backerkit), we wanted to take a moment and remind you how to check your submitted address! 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!

Handing the update off to Bryce for an important announcement for Non-US backers!

Hey all. Bryce here. Going to do my best to keep this as brief as possible. This is relevant to the 20-30% of you who are not in the US. If you are a US Backer, this portion of the Update does not effect you. For our Non-US Backers:

TLDR: Our current fulfillment partner has consistently been failing us, and therefore, you. So we're moving everything to a different partner.

The longer version:

I could make this an extensive list because it's a pretty long one. But I'm going to keep it to the general two points that affect you guys the most, so you understand why we are doing this.

First, we have been getting near-non-stop complaints about the subpar quality of packing and shipping of our non-US books. This has also come with a significantly higher (like... significantly higher) reports of damaged books requiring replacement. More than once the packing has been so poor that those replacement books then had to be replaced... again.

Second, repeated delays in fulfillment related to large gaps in communication and lost product.

Regarding the subpar quality of packing:

It's easier if we show you. Below is what a typical Wraithmarked book (with some exceptions) is SUPPOSED to look like when properly packed. A branded box designed for the task, book protected by tissue paper (sometimes honeycomb), layers of cardboard to keep it tightly in place and protect it from most impact issues.

While our non-US books used to all come similarly packed, that has not consistently been the case recently. A combination of the partner failing to communicate when they were running out of our materials and not properly training their staff has often resulted in things more like this:

So... yeah. Not happy with that. Reason 1 we're moving.

Regarding the delays in fulfillment:

No images for this, sadly, but it's pretty straightforward. We will sometimes go weeks between emails with this partner, with them failing to even touch base when we follow up with questions about "Did you receive a product?" or "When are those orders being fulfilled?"

If you were a Non-US Shades of Magic Backer, you suffered the consequence of this. We were told that Shades would be out the door within a certain time period. Our Head of Fulfillment followed up several times to ask when shipping would start, with no response for too long a period. In fact, we didn't hear anything back until I followed up with my big bad CEO title, and they finally got moving.

Reason 2 we're moving.

What does this mean for this campaign?

If you're reading this, then the campaign involved will suffer a delay in fulfillment not only because of this transition but because they have an earlier campaign to fulfill prior to fulfilling this one. We understand that's frustrating. We actually COULD have allowed fulfillment to happen for most of these, but our confidence in this partner is so low that we would rather tell you (in some place yet again) that there is a delay than risk having them deliver more damaged product. Even if the book isn't damaged, I'm no longer willing to let this former partner impact Wraithmarked's reputation in the eyes of the people who receive terrible packaging, thinking that's Wraithmarked's baseline. Because it isn't.

Depending on how soon we can get product moved from this former partner to the new partner, the delay could add as little as two weeks (on top of the time it will take our new fulfillment partner to process the two mentioned campaigns above). However, that former partner is (shockingly, I know) not being communicative about facilitating the transfer of our products to the new partner, resulting in us yet again being delayed in something as basic as scheduling a truck pickup.

We will do everything we can to keep you in the loop in our upcoming Updates. For the time being, I'm sorry for the delay. I'm just not willing to risk sending you guys more damaged and mishandled product, especially given the increased number of complaints we've been getting over the last few months.

If you have any questions, please comment below and someone on the team will answer or pull me in to answer.

Cheers,

Bryce, CEO

The Books Have Been Freighted!
3 months ago – Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:46:56 AM

Hey folks!

This update is a little delayed - we're so sorry! It's been a bit hectic at the office with sickness and convention travel going on. Our apologies; thank you for hanging in there!

As of last week, we received word that our Non-US fulfillment partner has received the books! Hooray! While those books are getting checked into their system, we'll be packing up the merchandise and sending it their way. Because they have a few other projects that must be fulfilled before this one, they'll be holding onto these for the time being. Once Non-US fulfillment is close to beginning, we'll be posting the address lock update for folks to make those final address changes. Just in case, we'll post the link here in this update as well; see below!

For US backers, we received word that the books will be received by the NY port the last week of April! Right around the corner! Once they're received, they'll make the journey to our HQ, and, just like Non-US folks, we'll be finishing up a couple prior campaigns before sending that final address lock update. Just in case some of you have changes/want to check now, we'll post the link here in this update as well; see below!

And, in case some of you missed our update a couple months ago showing off the books, let us refresh your memory with the approved proof copies! These are STUNNING.

We'll see you in the next one! Thanks for stopping by!

An Update to Fulfillment! And... An Upcoming Campaign!
4 months ago – Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 02:18:14 PM

Hey there folks!

We hope you're weekend was wonderful! We wanted to take a second to update y'all on the status of printing. Our previous estimated printing completion date from the printer was end of March. Currently, that date is holding! 

We also have... advanced copies! These just came in on Friday - they arrived so we could have an early look before the bulk of the books ships out to us. These are to help us catch any last-minute things that may have occurred during printing; a sneak peek at the final print run! We've just approved them as of this afternoon! 

From here, we'll wait to receive word that all books have officially finished printing, then from there, they'll be packed on the boat ready to ship! This process can take a few weeks, so we're currently aiming for a late April/early May fulfillment if everything goes to plan and the weather cooperates for shipping (crossing the ocean will add 2-3 weeks or so)!

The next update will likely be a check in, just so folks can be prepared to double check addresses and such! :)

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!

LINK: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/hitchhikers

Cheers! <3